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Soviet nationalities policy
Kiev's 1,500th anniversary events:
more than meets the eye
by Dr. Roman Solchanyk
It has been more than three years
since the Soviet Ukrainian press first
reported the decision to celebrate the
1,500th anniversary of the city of Kiev
in 1982. The announcement of the
decision was made by Ukrainian Party
First Secretary Volodymyr Scherbitsky
in his address to the Kiev City party
conference, which was held on January
19, 1979.'
Soon after, in March, the press
reported the formation of an organiza­
tional committee headed by Oleksandr
Liashko, the chairman of the Ukrainian
SSR Council of Ministers, to supervise
the preparations for the anniversary,
which-is to be marked this month.2
Throughout this time, and especially
during the last six months, the mass
media in Ukraine have spared no effort
in publicizing the anniversary. Virtually
every imaginable public undertaking in
the republic is being linked in one way
or another to the forthcoming celebra­
tions. New monuments are being con­
structed and existing historical land­
marks are in the process of being
restored; museums, hotels and even
cafes have been built to mark the
anniversary; films, plays and books
have appeared in honor of the city's
jubilee; and a variety of meetings,
including scholarly conferences, have
been organized as part of the extrava­
ganza.
A Western correspondent who visited
Kiev last year described the undertaking
as "a multi-million-ruble project with
the emphasis as much on the Soviet
future as on the Ukrainian past."3
This observation is much more signi­
ficant than is perhaps readily apparent.
Most major anniversary celebrations in
the Soviet Union have clearly defined
political and ideological motives, and
this year's Kiev commemorations are no
exception. Indeed, the 1,500th anniver­
sary of Ukraine's capital may serve
as a classic example of manipulation of
the historical past for the purpose of
promoting current objectives. In this
case, the objectives are in the realm of
contemporary Soviet nationalities
policy.
The first question that arises is why
1982 was singled out as the year for
commemorating the city's anniversary.
Clearly, it is not necessary to be a
professional historian to understand
that it is all but impossible to date the
emergence of ancient cities to within a
12-month period.
Soviet historiography is by no means
unanimous regarding the time of Kiev's
origins. Moreover, even those Soviet
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historians and archeologists who main­
tain that Kiev emerged between the end
of the fifth and the beginning of the
sixth centuries—an interpretation that,
for obvious reasons, currently enjoys
official support — have never at­
tempted to fix the date at 482/
In short, the year 1982 was chosen for
reasons that have little if anything to do
with the historical record. Western
commentators have suggested that this
year's celebrations are intended to
overshadow the millennium of
Ukraine's conversion to Christianity in
988 and the 50th anniversary of the
artificial famine of 1932-33, both of
wnich``lre expected'tb'be publicized by
Ukrainians in the West.5
Although these considerations may
have played a role in the decision to
mark the anniversary in the current
year, an analysis of the numerous
articles that have appeared in the
republican and central press dedicated
to the forthcoming celebrations suggests
that the determining factor was the
observance of the 60th anniversary of
the formation of .the USSR in 1982,
This "coincidence" has made it
possible to incorporate the Kiev anni­
versary into the broader framework of
"successes and achievements'' of Leni­
nist nationalities policy and the Soviet
multinational state.
The central thread running through
all of these articles is the ethnic, lin­
guistic, cultural and historical unity of
the modern Russian, Ukrainian and
Byelorussian nations, which are said to
have evolved from a "single early Rus'
nationality" ("edinaya drevnerusskaya
narodnost") with its political center in
Kiev.
Thus, M. F. Kotlyar, a specialist on
the Kievan Rus'period, has argued that
even after the formation of these three
East Slavic nations, which he dates as
having occurred at the end of the ISth
century, they "nonetheless continued to
view themselves as a single Rus' people
also in the 16th and 17th centuries."
Moreover, says Mr. Kotlyar, "that is
why reunification was so readily and
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1. Radianska Ukraina, January 21, 1979.
2. "Do ISOO-richchia zasnuvannia
Kyieva," Radianska Ukraina, March 4,
1979.
3. AP, May 22, 1981.
4. See Ya. Ye. Borovsky, "Pokhodzhennia
Kyieva. Istoriohrafichnyi narys," Kiev,
Naukova Dumka, 1981.
5. Omeljan Pritsak, "Za kulisamy proho-
loshennia 1,500-littia Kyieva," Suchasnist,
Vol. 21, No. 9, September 1981, pp. 46-54.
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SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 25 cents
Resolution
of the
UNA Supreme Executive Committee
Whereas, the Ukrainian National Association Supreme Executive
Committee at its meeting on December 29, 1981, issued a statement denying
that it in any way violated the By-Laws of the Ukrainian National
Association, condemned the statement by the group of 11 members of the
Ukrainian National Association Supreme Assembly composed of: Supreme
Auditors Bohdan Futey and John Teluk, and Supreme Advisors Tekla
Moroz, Askold Lozynskyj, Anna Haras, Wasyl Didiuk, Myroslaw Kalba,
Mykola Chomanczuk, Roman Kuropas, Michael Sorokaand Evhen Repeta;
and demanded that said group recall the statements made and printed in the
newspaper Homin Ukrainy on August 12, 1981, and
Whereas, in lieu of recalling the statements so made, said group of 11
caused a second statement to be published in the weekly Shliakh Peremohy
on March 28,1982, and said 11 members of the Supreme Assembly caused the
same article to be printed in the newspaper Homin Ukrainy, and
Whereas, a copy of neither the first nor the second statement was served
upon the Supreme Ibtecutrvc Committee, and ---
Whereas, said group of 11 alleged that said response of the Supreme
Executive Committee of December 29, 1981, was full of inaccuracies,
insinuations, and made further false accusations against the president, the
entire Supreme Executive Committee, and the Supreme Assembly of the
Ukrainian National Association:
Now, therefore, the Supreme Executive Committee, sitting in session on
this 14th day of April, 1982, hereby finds as follows:
1. Supreme Auditors Bohdan Futey and John Teluk, and Supreme
Advisors Tekla Moroz, Askold Lozynskyj, Anna Haras, Wasyl Didiuk,
Myroslaw Kalba, Mykola Chomanczuk, Roman Kuropas, Michael Soroka
and Evhen Repeta have acted against the best interests and the good name of
the Ukrainian National Association.
2. The above-named group of 11 has vilified the supreme president, the
Supreme Executive Committee, and the Supreme Assembly by false
accusations and distortions of truth against such officials and governing
organs of the UNA.
3. The said group of 11 did not avail itself of the procedures provided for by
the By-Laws of the Ukrainian National Association, and did not cause to be
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Convention countdown
Pritsak is keynote speaker
at UNA convention banquet
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Dr. Omeljan
Pritsak, director of the Harvard Ukrai­
nian Research Institute, will be the
keynote speaker at the UNA conven­
tion banquet on Thursday, May 27, the
Ukrainian National Association's Su­
preme Executive Committee announc­
ed.
Dr. Pritsak will speak on "The Tasks
of Ukrainiandom at the Turn of the
Second Millennium."
The UNA's 30th Regular Convention
gets under way Monday, May 24, at 9
a.m. at the Genesee Plaza/Holiday Inn,
in Rochester, N.Y.
The convention banquet is slated for
7 p.m. on Thursday in the hotel's grand
ballroom.
In addition to Dr. Pritsak, many
prominent Ukrainians and non-Ukrai-
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Soviet P O W Cites A f g h a n g a i n s Helsinki Watch marks anniversary

ALLAH J1RGA, Afghanistan - A and another Soviet prisoner, Valery Q / ^AOSCOW Helsinki GfOUD
"Soviet
iviet officer captured
cantured in March said an Kisilyov were visibly nervous during the - fTiwewwTf f
important Soviet airbase located just interview, according to the AP. Their NEW YORK - The U.S. Helsinki . rights as stated in the Helsinki Final
north of Kabul, the Afghan capital, has answers were translated from Russian Watch Committee on May 12 marked the Act.
lost a number of warplanes in raids by to Dari, an Afghan dialect of Farsi, sixth anniversary of the founding of the "The Soviet government's enthusias-
Afghan guerrillas, reported the Asso- and then into English. Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, a tic support of the grass-roots anti-
ciated Press on April 30. Mr. Kisilyov, 19, who served in a citizens' civil-rights committee fou,nded nuclear movement in the West should
Capt. Alexander Petrovych Sidiel- motorized rifle unit, said he was un- by Soviet physicist Yuri Orlov after the not be allowed to obscure the fact that
niko; a native of Zaporizhzhia in aware of the use of chemical weapons by USSR signed the Helsinki Accords in citizen action groups cannot exist in the
Ukraine and one of five Soviet soldiers Soviet troops. If they were used, a 1975. Soviet Union, let alone press important
held by insurgents near this overrun special brigade would handle them, he Two years after the formation of the .issues through public demonstrations
Afghan Army post 12 miles west of the said without elaboration. group Dr. Orlov was tried and sen- and the free press. The fate of the 44
-Pakistan border, said that the airbase Mr. Sidielniko, who is being held by tenced to seven years' stnct-regimen imprisoned members of Soviet citizens'
"has been attacked three times, each the Gulbiddin Hekmetyar faction of the labor camp and five years' exile for his Helsinki groups speaks for itself.
time with rocket launchers," the AP fundamentalist Hezbi Islami (Islamic Helsinki activities. Dr. Orlov now "We extend our encouragement to
reported. Party), said that.in the Soviet Union he suffers from symptoms of lung disease, the brave Helsinki monitors who are
Dressed in pajama-like Afghan shirt had been told he would be fighting among other illnesses, in Perm Labor paying a severe penalty for their belief in
and trousers and speaking through Americans, Chinese, Britons, Pakistanis Camp No. 37. Nine other members of Helsinki principles. We fear for retired
interpreters supplied by his captors, and Egyptians along with Afghan the Moscow group are in prison, labor lawyer Sofia Kalistratova, one of three
Capt. Sidielniko said that 13 helicopters rebels. camp or exile; three remain free, includ- Moscow group members remaining at
and 25 MIG fighters had been destroyed. Both prisoners told reporters that ing Elena Bonner, the wife of Dr. liberty, who has been threatened with
The prisoner said his armored unit of they expected to be immediately exe- Andrei Sakharov. prosecution for pleading the causes of
80 men and 25 tanks were part of a cuted by their captors when they were The U.S. Helsinki Watch has sent other Soviet citizens."
security brigade at Bagram airbase, the captured. letters to congressmen and to members Mr. Bernstein also called attention to
biggest Soviet military air installation in "We had been told we would have our of the State Department's Human the opening this week of the Soviet-
Afghanistan, about 30 miles north of heads cut off if we were caught," said Rights Bureau, commenting that "pre- sponsored World Conference of Reli-
Kabul. The unit was never sent out to Mr. Kisilyov. "But we're being well dicated changes in the Soviet leadership gious Workers for Saving the Sacred
fight, he said. treated. We're being provided with and the U.N. General Assembly Special Gift of Life from Nuclear Catastrophe,
However, Capt. Sidielniko claimed good food. I don't think they will kill us. Session on Disarmament scheduled for and remarked:
he saw Afghan women and children Someday, we hope to return (home)." June create a propitious climate for "It is a travesty to hold this confe-
killed in Soviet shelling of villages and raising human-rights cases of particular rence in Moscow at a time when politi-
house-to-house searches. The final fate of the Soviet prisoners concern." cal trials are continuing and no concern
"We didn't come here for that," he has not yet been decided, reported the Speaking on behalf of Helsinki is being shown for the hundreds of
said through Afghan translators. "I AP. Negotiations are now under way Watch, Chairman Robert L. Bernstein believers who are suffering in Soviet
have seen with my own eyes Russian with the International Committee of the stated: "Soviet overtures for disarma- labor camps for their religious acti-
troops killing innocent people, breaking Red Cross to arrange a possible ex- ment accords lose credibility when we vism," he said. -
the locks of houses and then looting change, according to the base com- consider their observance of the Hel-
them for souvenirs to be sent back mander, Zaffaruddin Kahn, who added sinki Accords: hundreds of Helsinki
home." that if talks fail the prisoners would be monitors and other political prisoners
It was not clear whether his state-
ments were made under coercion. He
tried under Islamic law and most
probably shot.
are in Soviet labor camps for the 'crime'
or having known and acted upon their
Soviets arrest
former stowaway
Reagan hosts former dissidents at White House luncheon ORANGE, Calif. - A former Soviet
political prisoner who became a Chris-
WASHINGTON - Gen. Petro Gri- In addition to Gen. Grigorenko, a said the president was "very concerned" tian while serving a labor-camp term for
gorenko was among eight Soviet exiles founding member of the Moscow and about the experiences of his guests, and attempting to stow away on a ship was
and emigres hosted by President Ro- Kiev groups to monitor compliance felt his private meeting could "pay recently arrested for trying to gain
nald Reagan at a White House lunch with the 1975 Helsinki Accords on tribute" to their suffering. emigration rights, reported Keston
here on May 11, during which the human rights who was exiled to the Yet, reporters were barred from News.
president offered "moral support" to West in 1978, the 75-minute lunch was covering the luncheon. Mr. Speakes Nikolai Cherkov, a Baptist and
human-rights activists in the USSR. attended by Ludmilla Alekseeva, Mark said that the dissidents were "extremely member of the unregistered church in
Joining President Reagan were Se- Azbel, Valeriy Chalidze, Pavel Litvi- sensitive people," and that the presi- Smolensk, was arrested at the end of
cretary of State Alexander Haig, Chuck nov, Aishe Seitmuratova, Andrei dent wanted to meet with them in a February in the city of Voronezh, some
Tyson and Prof. Richard Pipes from the Siniavsky and the Rev. Georgi Vins. "low-key fashion." 450 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
National Security Council, and James "We spoke our minds about human The eight represented a cross-section In 1980 Mr. Cherkov joined a group
Baker, White House chief of staff. rights in the Soviet Union," said Mr. of Soviet dissent. Ms. Seitmuratova is a of people in Smolensk who were cam-
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the exiled Litvinov, who came to the United States Crimean Tatar activist, while the Rev. paigning to emigrate from the Soviet
writer and Nobel Prize winner, de- in 1974 after being sent to Siberia in Vins is a Soviet Baptist pastor currently Union.
clined an invitation to attend the 1968 for leading a Red Square demon- head of the international representation At the time of his arrest, he was
luncheon, but wrote a letter to the stration against the Soviet invasion of of a Baptist council which is not reportedly carrying.photographs and a
president explaining his absence and Czechoslovakia. officially recognized by the Soviet list of persons wishing to emigrate.
supporting Mr. Reagan's stand. Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes government. During a search of his home, authori-
Ms. Alekseeva, 55, is one of the ties confiscated samizdat documents,
founding members of the Moscow literature printed abroad and a tape
Resolution of UNA... Helsinki Group. She emigrated to the recorder.
(Continued from pafe 1) United States with her family in 1977. It is not known where Mr. Cherkov is
served upon the Supreme Executive Committee a copy of the charges but She is the Moscow group's representa- being held, and details about his pre-
determined to resort to a trial by the press. tive abroad. vious sentence are not available.
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MOSCOW - The Rev. Billy Gra­
ham said here on May 12, at the end of
an officially sanctioned peace confe­
rence, that he had seen no evidence of
religious repression and that the church­
es he had visited were at least as full as
those in his hometown in North Caro­
lina, reported The New York Times.
At a news conference, the 63-year-old
evangelist also seemed to downplay the
arrest of a young woman who had
unfurled a protest banner during an
officially sanctioned Baptist! service he
attended on May 9. The banner said
that there were people in the Soviet
Union who were being imprisoned for
religious activity.
When asked by an American reporter
whether he was making inquiries about
the woman, Mr. Graham said he had
only the reporter's word about the case
and, according to the Times, added:
"Some people can be detained for all
kinds of reasons. We detain people in
the United States if we catch them doing
something wrong. I have had people
coming into my services in the United
States and causing disturbances, and
they have been taken out by the police."
Mr. Graham came here to attend a
Soviet-sponsored conference of reli­
gious leaders on nuclear weapons,
despite the objections of several pro­
minent religious leaders and human-
rights activists in the United States and
the Reagan administration. Mr. Gra­
ham had dismissed White House fears
that his presence could be used by the
Soviets for propaganda purposes.
It soon became apparent, however,
that many of the Third World and
African delegates — several brought
here at Soviet, expense — meant to use
the meeting as a forum for anti-Ameri­
can views which closely paralleled
Soviet propaganda-
Most of the 1,000 delegates seemed to
concur, for example, with the represen­
tative from Sri Lanka when he applaud­
ed a recent Soviet moratorium on the
deployment of intermediate-range SS-
20 rockets and demanded reciprocal
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Graham sees no evidence
of Soviet religious persecution
measures from the United States, and
with a Syrian delegate's virulent attack
of "the henchmen of imperialism and
Zionism" for recent Israeli bombing
attacks on Palestinian camps in Le­
banon.
Moreover, when two Western reli­
gious leaders rose on May 11 to
caution against turning the conference
into a political forum heavily tilted
against the West, their position met
with little enthusiasm and applause.
- In a long speech to the conference
Mr. Graham avoided the controversy
over the meeting's political bias, al­
though he did say that "no nation, large
or small, is exempt from blame for the
present state of international affairs."
There was no applause from the
delegates when Mr. Graham quoted a
section of the Helsinki agreement on
security and cooperation in Europe,
signed by 33 states, including the Soviet
Union, in 1975, in which governments
were enjoined to respect freedom of
religious and other beliefs.
Since his arrival in the Soviet capital,
Mr. Graham, who was given a welcome
usually afforded political dignitaries,
has tried Jo avoid displeasing his hosts
by raising potentially controversial or
embarrassing human-rights issues. He
refused, for example, to publicly discuss
the case of the six Soviet Pentecostals
from Siberia who have been living in the
U.S. Embassy basement since 1978
awaiting permission to emigrate.
Mr. Graham did visit the four mem­
bers of the Vashchenko family and
Maria Chmykhalov and her son at the
embassy, but refused public comment
The Pentecostals told reporters later
that they appreciated Mr. Graham's
visit, but were disappointed. One of the
six, Pyotr Vashchenko, said the evange­
list had offered "no hope, only prayers."
Mr. Graham's aides have said that he
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982
does not want to antagonize the Soviet
leadership and thus upset his chances of
returning for a full preaching tour,
possibly using stadiums.
When asked about his treatment and
changes he had noted since his last visit
as a tourist in 19S9, Mr. Graham replied
that people in Moscow were better
clothed and the city had new and
impressive high-rise suburbs. Then,
according to the Times, he talked of
food.
"The meals I have had are among the
finest I have ever eaten," he said. "In the
United States you have to be a millionaire
to have caviar, but I have had caviar
with almost every meal."
When a Charlotte, N.C., television
reporter asked Mr. Graham whether he
agreed with the Indian Orthodox me­
tropolitan's assessment that the confe­
rence helped dispel the myth that there
is no religious freedom in the Soviet
Union, he replied:
"Not necessarily. I am just telling you
I don't know all about it. I have been
only in Moscow and I have been in all
these meetings and I haven 4 had a
chance, but Saturday (May 8) night I
went to three Orthodox Churches that
were jammed to capacity. You never get
that in Charlotte, N.C." Charlotte is
Mr. Graham's hometown.
Reaction to Mr. Graham's remarks
has been mixed, with most agreeing that
he is being circumspect, while others
adding that he showed poor judgement
in agreeing to attend the conference in
the first place.
Dr. Charles Page, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Charlotte, asked
about his reaction to Mr. Graham's
remarks about religious freedom in the
USSR said, "I find it hard to believe
that they are not experiencing a great
deal of suffering over there in order to
worship."
3
But criticism of Mr. Graham's com­
ments came from Olga Hruby, an
editor of the magazine Religion in
Communist-Dominated Areas. She
called the evangelist's remarks "an
insult to all Soviet believers," the Times
reported.
"We know many people who are
constantly being harassed and perse­
cuted," she said. "If a church is full it
does not signify that religion is .free.
That may be the only church allowed to
remain open."
Mrs. Hruby noted that the Siberian
Pentecostals living in the U.S. Embassy
in Moscow had written Mr. Graham
urging him not to attend the peace
parley.
Another critic of Mr. Graham's
words was Dr. Edmund Robb, a Me­
thodist minister who heads the Institute
on Religion and Democracy.
"I am more than a little perplexed,"
said Dr. Robb. "His statement that he
has not seen any evidence of religious
persecution is just not believable. We all
know of the plight of religious dissenters
who are in prison this very day."
The Methodist clergyman was also
disturbed by comments made by Mr.
Graham during a sermon in Moscow
when he said Soviet believers should
obey the laws of their government.
"1 think it is presumptuous for an
American living in a free society to go to
a totalitarian society and exhort those
people to respect their government and
obey the laws," Dr. Robb said.
In a letter to Mr. Graham before his
departure, William Bahrey, executive
director of the Newark-based Ameri­
cans for Human Rights in Ukraine,
urged the evangelist to raise the issue of
religious persecution with Patriarch
Pimen of the Russian Orthodox
Church.
He also asked Mr. Graham to inquire
about the case of the Rev. Vasyl Ro-
maniuk, a Ukrainian Catholic priest
and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki
Group, who was sentenced in 1972 to 10
years' prison, labor camp and exile.

Kiev's 1,500th...
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joyfully received in Ukraine and in
6 tainly in the 1960s some Soviet scholars
Russia."
Another Soviet Ukrainian historian,
Yu. Yu. Kondufor, director of the
Institute of History of the Ukrainian
SSR Academy of Sciences, makes a
similar point:
"The process of formation of the East
Slavic fraternal nationalities began
during the period of feudal dismember­
ment. It was most intensive in the 14th
and ISth centuries. It is at about this
time that the Russian, Ukrainian and
Byelorussian nationalities emerge as
separate — but very close — ethnic
communities that were formed on the
basis of the single early Rus' nationa­
lity."7
The unmistakable suggestion in such
statements is that national distinctions
between Russians, Ukrainians and
Byelorussians were really not very
significant in the past, and that this
applies to the present and future as well.
Another aspect of the Soviet treat­
ment of the Kievan Rus' period is the
emphasis that is placed on projecting
the historical continuity of the Kievan
state into the present.
At a recent joint session of the all-
union and Ukrainian academies of
sciences dedicated to the anniversary,
academician P. M. Fedoseev singled
out the significance of Kievan Rus'
"above all in its having laid the material,
social and cultural preconditions for the
formation of a centralized state" — i.e.,
the Russian empire.1
Although today it is not considered
politic to- overtly trace a direct line of
evolution from Kievan Rus' to the
USSR, it is not difficult to see that this is
one of the underlying motifs of con­
temporary Soviet historiography. Cer­
did not hesitate to make a direct link
between the prerevolutionary tsarist
state and the Soviet Union in their
search for the historical roots of the
"Soviet people."9
All of these themes are repeated, but
with a clear political accent, in Soviet
polemics with Western historians. The
latter are accused of "ideological sabo­
tage" in their interpretation of the
Kievan Rus' period specifically because
they do not share the views of Soviet
historiography about the past, present
and future unity of Ukrainians and
Russians. "That which is common in the
history of peoples," claims one Soviet
Ukrainian historian, "has always been
the subject of especially malicious falsi­
fication by the enemies of friendship,
fraternity and cooperation between
them."10
The specifically political capital that
derives from the "correct" interpreta­
tion of the Kievan Rus' period was
underscored by academician B. A.
Rybakov, a leading Soviet historian of
early Russia, during the general as­
sembly of the USSR Academy of
Sciences several years ago. Urging his
colleagues to support "the need for very
serious and profound .research on the
history of Kievan Rus`," Mr. Rybakov
explained that Western ideologists were
"pursuing the goal of disarming us
ideologically and depriving us of the
means of patriotic upbringing of the
people."11
And what is the "correct" interpreta- ,'
tion? The following excerpt, taken from are sealed off from visitors to prevent
a review of a recently published school knowledge about their existence from
textbook on the history of Ukraine, reaching the outside. I don't know what
may provide a clue. the future holds for my own nation. It is
"The formation of a single early Rus' certain that the Russians will do every­
nationality and the unification of the thing they can to dissolve it gradually
East Slavs in a single state and political into their own civilization.",J
entity, and the formation of a single
language and culture — all of this, From this perspective, the question of
emphasizes the author, gave rise to the the future of the Ukrainian and Byelo­
concept and feeling of unity. This russian nations is at the center of this
feeling of unity has been maintained by year's anniversary proceedings.
the people of our country throughout
the ages."12
The crucial question posed by con­ 6. Mykola Kotlyar, " 'Shchob esmy
temporary Soviet nationalities policy is: naviky vsi yedyno buly,'" Vsesvit, 1979, No.
To what degree does the pursuit of 4, p. 189.
"unity" lead to the Gleichschaltung of 7. Yu. Yu. Kondufor, "Misto drevnie,
misto molode," Komunist Ukrainy, 1980,
those national cultures that lie within No. 12, p. 79.
the sphere of Soviet influence? The 8. Radianska Ukraine, April IS, 1981
contemporary Czech writer Milan 9. M. 1. Kulichenko, "Obrazovaniyi і
Kundera has formulated the problem in razvitiye sovietskogo naroda kak novoi
the following terms: istoricheskoi obshchnosti," Voprosy istoriyi,
1979, No. 4, p. 11
"If someone told me as a boy: One 10. R. Symonenko, "U kryvomu dzerkali
day you will see your nation vanish antykomunizmu. Proty sprob burzhuaznykh
from the world, I would have con­ ideolohiv falsyfikuvaty istoriyu Kyieva,"
sidered it nonsense, something I couldn't. Radianska Ukraine, April 13,1981 See also
Ivan Khmil and Oleksandr Maiboroda,
possibly imagine. A man knows he is "Bazhane za diysne," Vsesvit, 1981, No. 11
mortal, but he takes it for granted that pp. 213-19, and T. Vorobeikova, "Proty
his nation possesses a kind of eternal burzhuaznykh і burzhuazno-natsionalisty-
ljfe. But after the Russian invasion of chnykh perekrucben problemy utvorennia
1968, every Czech was confronted with davnoruskoi derzhavy," Radianske pravo,
the thought that his nation would be 1981 No. 4, pp. 18-21
quietly erased from Europe, just as over 11. Vestnik Akademiyi nauk SSSR, 1978,
the past five decades 40 million Ukrai­ No. 6, p. 30.
nians have been quietly vanishing from 11 V. Kulakovsky, "Maibutnim istory-
the world without the world paying any kam," Radianska osvita, July 28, 1979.
heed. Or Lithuanians. Do you know 13. Philip Roth, "A Talk with Milan
that in the 17th century Lithuania was a Kundera," The New York Times Book
powerful European nation? Today the Review, November 30, 1980, p. 7, cited by
Roman Szporluk, "Defining 'Central Eu­
Russians keep Lithuanians, on their rope': Pow^r, Politics and Culture," Cross
reservation like a half-extinct tribe; they Currents (forthcoming), p. 5.
4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Says school curriculum must cover
non-Jewish Nazi victims, too
NEWARK, N.J. - In a letter to The
Star-Ledger published May 7, Dr.
Bohdan Wytwycky praised the creation
of a Holocaust curriculum by the state's
Department of Education, but added
that it ignores the non-Jewish victims of
Hitler's racial policies.
The letter was in response to an April
26 article dealing with the establishment
of the Governor's Commission on
Holocaust Education in the Public
Schools, which will assist the state as it
implements the Holocaust curriculum.
The curriculum will be published
nationally by the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith.
Acknowledging that the primary
victims of Hitler's policies were Euro­
pean Jews, Dr. Wytwycky, who is the
author of "The Other .Holocaust: Many
Cirices of Hell," wrote that New Jersey
students should also know about the 9-
10 million Slavs and Gypsies murdered
by the Nazis.
"What is... completely ignored is the
fact that the Jews were not the sole
victims of the Nazi Holocaust, that as a
result of racist policies and murderous
practices the Nazis, in addition to the 6
million Jews, killed another 9 to 10
million Slavs and Gypsies," wrote Dr.
Brezhnev is preserver of status quo, says Magocsi
by Ihor Osakiwsky
TORONTO - Leonid Brezhnev's
hold on power for all these years did not
keep out a successor who might have
been able to institute changes within the
Soviet Union.
"I would say no, absolutely not,
simply because 1 don't think that there is
going to be any change in the Soviet
Union, period," says Dr. Paul R.
Magocsi, associate professor of the
Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the
University of Toronto.
"Anyone who anticipates change on
the basis of a new leader, whether the
new leader is 50 years old or 70 years
old, I think is naive."
According to Prof. Magocsi, Soviet
Communist Party chief Brezhnev
should have retired at the same time or
soon after President Richard M.
Nixon's resignation in the United
States.
Although Nixon left in disgrace, he
still came out looking good in terms of
the history of American foreign policy.
If Mr. Brezhnev would have done the
same, says Dr. Magocsi, he would also
have gone down in history looking
good.
"But that's the price of staying
around too long," he says.
In the last few years Mr. Brezhnev not
only saw his cherished detente policy
with the Americans grind to a halt, but
sent invading Soviet troops into Af­
ghanistan.
His regime also encouraged the
suppression of the Solidarity trade-
union movement in Poland and the
imposition of martial law there.
Events in Afghanistan and Poland
brought heavy world criticism to bear
on the Soviet Union as well as on Mr.
Brezhnev.
Prof. Magocsi says he believes that
Mr. Brezhnev left his mark on the
Soviet Union simply as а рге–
Ihor Osakiwsky is a free lance jour­
nalist working out of Toronto. He is a
former reporter for The Calgary Herald
and is now a post-graduate student at
the University of Toronto.
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 No. 20
Obituary
John Hutzayluk, UNA branch secretary
Wytwycky. "Specifically, some 2.5 ALLENTOWN. Pa. - John Hut­ mittee executive board.
million Christian Poles, 3 million zayluk, secretary of UNA Branch 147 Mr. Hutzayluk was active in UNA
Ukrainians, 1.4 million Byelorussians, for the past 12 years, died here in organizing activity, and he wasa member
2.5 to 3 million Soviet POWs, and Allentown Osteopathic Hospital on of the UNA Champions Club. He was
between 250,000 and 600,000 Gypsies." Thursday, March 25. He was 68. awarded several certificates of merit by
Mr. Hutzayluk, an Allentown native, the UNA executive committee for his
Dr. Wytwycky noted that a similar was active in the area's Ukrainian contributions to Soyuz.
concern was voiced by author Czeslaw community life.
Milosz during his acceptance speech He served as treasurer of UNA Mr. Hutzayluk was one of the found­
ing members of the St. Mary's Ukrai­
after he won the 1980 Nobel Prize for Branch 147 for 20 years and later
literature. became its secretary. He was a delegate nian Orthodox Church in Allentown,
and he served as chairman of the parish
According to Dr. Wytwycky, Mr. to four UNA conventions (the 26th
Milosz said: " 4The poet) feels anxiety, through the 29th) and was to have gone council for 25 years and until his death
as honorary chairman of that council.
though, when the meaning of the word to the upcoming convention in Roches­
Holocaust undergoes gradual modifica­ ter as a delegate from Branch 147. As a He was also a member of the Diocesan
Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox
tions, so that the word begins to belong branch officer, he was also a member of
the Lehigh Valley UNA District Com- Church.
(Continued on paft IS)
Mr. Hutzayluk was a member and
former officer of the Ukrainian Ameri­
Ontario grant to aid refugees can Citizens Club in Allentown, as well
as president of the local UCCA. He
served in the U.S. Army during World
TORONTO - The Canadian Ukrai­ ministry, and is intended to contribute War II.
nian Immigrant Aid Society has re­ towards the development of volunteer
support for settlement of Ukrainian Mr. Hutzayluk, an electrician by
ceived a grant of SI 1,000 from the
refugees throughout Ontario. trade, retired in 1970.
Ontario Ministry of Culture and Surviving are his wife Catherine, sons
Citizenship, Yuri Shymko, member of John Jr. and Joseph, daughter Irene
the Provincial Parliament for High Mr. Shymko said he was pleased to Allen, brothers Emil and Eugene, and
Park-Swansea announced. have been able to help the Ukrainian three grandchildren.
The grant was made through the Canadian Immigrant Aid Society make A requiem service was held Friday,
Newcomer Integration Grants Program contact with the ministry to obtain this March 26, at the Kohut Funeral Home.
of the Newcomer Services Branch of the grant. The Very Rev. Vasyl Chykaluk and the
Rev. Protopresbyter Ivan Tkachuk
officiated.
The following day liturgy was cele­
brated by the Rev. Protopresbyter
policy towards Ukraine. For instance, Hilary Wrublewsky and the Very Rev.
Mr. Brezhnev as well as his predecessor Chykaluk. The eulogy was delivered by
were not "as brutal" as Stalin was. Father WruWewsky.
"But, all in all, that's a technical issue,"
says Dr. Magocsi. "Policy toward this Burial was at the church cemetery in
area on the part of the Russian leader­ Allentown. UNA Senior Field Organi­
ship whether it was tsarist or whether it zer Stepan Hawrysz eulogized the long­
was Soviet has really not changed at time UNA activist on behalf of the UNA
all." membership.
Dr. Magocsi suggests that the 1980
Summer Olympic Games in the USSR
were symbolic of what Chairman
Brezhnev really wanted the world and Chicago Self reliance
history to remember him as.
The games were the symbol of the
assets approach
ultimate in detente — here all nations
were now cooperating. Although this
(40 million
cooperation was in the area of sports,
CHICAGO - At the 31st annual
the nations were cooperating on Soviet
meeting of the membership of Self-
ground.
reliance Federal Credit Union in Chica­
The Summer Olympics were to be the go held on March 28, it was reported
symbolic crowning achievement of Mr. that, although economic conditions in
Brezhnev's life, says Dr. Magocsi, and the nation were not favorable, the credit
for the Soviet leader they fell flat. union showed its greatest growth in
Dr. Paul R. Magocsi
By boycotting the games, what the І981, with an increase in assets exceed­
server of the status quo. Americans succeeded in doing was ing S6 million. Total assets now ap­
"He did nothing to damage the extent "putting a gigantic pin in a gigantic proach S40 million.
of Soviet influence such as it was when balloon." Thesefiguresare impressive, but it is
he came to power and, if anything, even
One aspect of Mr. Brezhnev's 18 necessary to emphasize that the poten­
slightly expanded it." years in power to which historians in the ^ tial assets of Ukrainian Credit Unions
Asked if there was any noticeable West should devote research, says Dr. are far greater. According to statistics
change in the way the Soviet regime Magocsi, is the enormous staying power quoted at the recent annual meeting in
treated and interacted with the Ukrai­ of Soviet society. Chicago, only 5 percent of Ukrainians
nian SSR during Mr. Brezhnev's 18
Unfortunately researchers tend to in Chicago are members of Selfrt jance,
years in power, Dr. Magocsi said there overlook, either by default or deliberately, and the same is true in other cities
was no change at all.
the integral strengths of the Soviet throughout the United States and
He explained that one can only look Union, says Dr. Magocsi who is him­ Canada.
at the question from a long historical self a researcher and a historian. If 50 percent of Ukrainians were
perspective over the last two centuries. members of Ukrainian cooperative
"I don't really see any change in Despite all the problems plaguing the credit unions, as in Australia, then
policy toward Ukraine on the part of the Soviet state, the system has not .basi­ Chicago's Selfreliance Credit Union
Russian leadership whether it's tsarist cally changed over the years. would have a total of S400 million in
or Soviet, and whether its Lenin, Stalin "Now, they must be doing something assets to serve the Ukrainian commu­
or Khrushchev or Brezhnev," says Dr. right," says Dr. Magocsi, "and I think nity.
Magocsi. precisely the Brezhnev era is a very good The Selfreliance Federal Credit
"This area, in the perception of the period to analyze what they are doing Union in Chicago, like most other
Russian empire of the 19th century and right." Ukrainian credits unions throughout
the perception of the Soviet empire of He explains that the Brezhnev era the United States, offers its members all
the 20th century, is simply a province of was a time which saw a quantitative the services of large banks. Unfortu­
the Russian or Soviet empire, and as a increase in the Soviet quality of life. nately, many Ukrainians are not aware
province of that empire it is to be treated And it was during this era that Mr. of this or believe that non-Ukrainian
and dealt with as that and nothing else." Brezhnev was able to contain the banks are better or more prestigious,
However, Prof. Magocsi did suggest problems which resulted from the rise in although these banks do not return any
that perhaps there has been a kind of expectations in both the economic and of their profits to the Ukrainian com­
"technical" difference in the regime's nationalities spheres. munity.
No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 5

New York district's Pritsak is keynote speaker...

convention delegates
discuss conclave
NEW YORK - Delegates to the 30th
Regular UNA Convention from the
New York UNA District met here at the
Ukrainian National Home on April 30
to discuss various aspects of the con-
clave, which gets under way upstate in
Rochester on May 24.
The meeting was initiated by the
executive board of the district commit-
tee, which is chaired by Mykola Cho-
manczuk.
Not all the convention delegates from
the district attended the meeting.
First to address the meeting was
UNA Supreme President John Flis,
who told delegates about the prepara-
tions for the convention, and he thank-
ed the Convention Committee headed
by Walter Hawrylak for its efforts.

Mr. Flis, who made several trips to

Rochester to oversee operations, also
took the opportunity to thank the 30
UNA activists who have been assisting
Mr. Hawrylak, and the various sub-
committees that handled different
phases of the preparations.
The supreme president also con-
firmed the visit of Vice President
George Bush on May 28. Other
politicians on the local, state and federal
levels have been invited to speak at the
convention banquet on May 27, said
Mr. Flis.
He added that on Sunday, May 23,
there will be a concert at the Holiday
Inn-Qencsscc Plaza,.and a screening of
Slavko Nowytski's new film on the
UNA.
' Arrangements have already been
made concerning voting machines, Mr,
Flis said, and added that delegates can
take advantage of free transportation
from the airport to the hotel, but they
must first make the necessary arrange-
ments with the hotel and airport ma-
nagement. Those traveling by car are
assured parking places, he said.
Following Mr. Flis's remarks, a brisk
discussion took place during which
participants talked about a host of
UNA-related issues.
Among those taking part in the
discussion were Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, Hie Rochester SUM-A branch's Dunai Ukrainian dance troupe.
district secretary and honorary member The evening will also include an The concert, scheduled for 6:30 p.m.,
of the supreme executive committee; nians from all spheres of community life
are expected to address the convention entertainment program featuring will be emceed by Mr. Kulyk.
Dr. Oleh Wolansky, Roman Krupka mezzo-soprano Christina R. Lypeckyj,
and Walter Kwas, former Soyuzivka delegates and guests at the banquet.
The banquet will be opened by Wal- pianist Maria Bach and the Luna Male Performances will be given by the
manager, who declared that he was Quartet directed by J. Matkowsky. - Surma Chorus of Rochester, J. Mat-
going to run for the post of supreme ter Hawrylak, chairman of the Ro-
chester-based Convention Committee. Elena Borysenko will provide piano kowsky, director (accompanist Anna
advisor at the convention. Sorochtey); the Dunai dance troupe of
Dr.'Myron B. Kuropas will serve as accompaniment for Ms. Lypeckyj, and
Also taking part were Askold Lozyn- master of ceremonies. UNA Supreme Nadia Tratch will serve as piano accom- the Rochester SUM-A branch, Bohdan
skyj, supreme advisor, and Joseph President John O. Flis will introduce panist for the quartet. Lyko, director; the Hanna Bt.rvinok
Lesawyer, honorary UNA member and the keynote speaker. Girls' Plast Unit of Rochester, Yara
former supreme president. Sunday concert Kekish, artistic director (Ms. Sorochtey,
Archbishop Mark of the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. will accompanist); soprano Laryssa Magun-
Among the topics discussed were deliver the invocation, while Bishop The Rochester Convention Commit- Huryn (Elena Borysenko, accompa-
reviving the work of the UNA Cultural Basil Losten of the Stamford, Conn., tee has planned a concert for Sunday, nist); the Namysto vocal ensemble of
Committee, the rift in the Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy will recite May 23, the day before the opening Washington, Petro Krul, director; and
community, the quality of the reports the benediction. session of the conclave. pianist Elena Borysenko.
by gome Supreme Assembly members
which were published in Svoboda,
proposed senior citizens housing, the
possible merger of the UNA with the UNA/UIA contemporary theater workshop slated
Ukrainian Fraternal Association, UNA
organizing efforts and the drop in UNA JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrai- analyze forms and the structure of Shakespeare Festival, has taught acting
membership. nian National Association/ Ukrainian Ukrainian traditional music, and try to at York University in Toronto. As a
During the discussion, Mr. Flis Institute of America Contemporary explore the possibilities of successfully director, composer and choreographer,
answered any questions the delegates Performing Artist's Group is present- merging the traditional with the con- he has traveled across Canada conduct-
had concerning UNA matters and the ing a series of workshops focusing on folk temporary. ing workshops, producing festivals and
upcoming convention. culture and the contemporary stage. The second session "Using the Stage staging revue acts. He has trained at the
At the close of the meeting, Mr. Flis The workshops, under the direction as a Performing Space" will study the Royal Conservatory of Music, York
introduced George Prokopec, who of Taras Shipowick, are free of charge aspects of stage movement of en- University and the Juilliard School of
began work as the new manager of and will be presented at the institute, 2 sembles, choirs and dance groups. It Music.
Soyuzivka resort on April 26. E. 79th St. The first workshop, sche- will be offered on Monday, June 7, at For more information on the work-
The meeting was adjourned by Mr. duled for Monday, May 24, at 7:30 7:30 p.m. shops call the UNA Fraternal Activities
Chomanczuk, and refreshments were p.m., is titled "Traditional Ukrainian Mr. Shipowick, who is presently the Office at (201) 451-2200 or (212) 227-
served. Music as Contemporary Song." It will assistant manager of the New York 5250.

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б THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 No. 20

Convention contemplations

Innovative thinking may cure

Ukrainian Weekly what ails our Batko Soyuz
by Nestor L. Olesnycky 1. Scholarships — with the rising cost
of higher education, perhaps it is time to
Graham crackers? Muc,h has been written about the
Ukrainian National Association in the
increase the individual scholarship
amounts and decrease the number of
last several months with all attention recipients. The average scholarship of
He came, he saw and he was had. focused on the imminent 30th UNA several hundred dollars will make but a
Sadly, this slightly altered version of an old expression provides a Convention to be held in Rochester, small impression on the young student,
pithy summary of the Rev. Billy Graham's ill-conceived and ill-fated N.Y. The emphasis has been on its but a substantial amount or even a so
pilgrimmage to Moscow to participate in something called the "World proud history, its irrefutable accom­ called "fullride"for one or two students
Conference: Religious Workers for Saving the Sacred Gift of Life plishments and on its problems, both per year could reap benefits both ways.
past and present. What does the Ukrainian National
From Nuclear Catastrophe."
Certain comment has been made Association need?
It's bad enough that America's best-known evangelist lent his good about the reduction in membership, the Gearly some journalism major of
name to something that all but the politically naive predicted would be burden of the UNA building, the nega­ exceptional ability could be granted a
little more than a Soviet propaganda sideshow. It's bad enough that, tive financial situation of both Svoboda full Ukrainian National Association
while in Moscow, Mr. Graham bent over backwards not to offend his and Soyuzivka, and the fact that "Batko scholarship in exchange for a contrac­
hosts, and failed to publicly denounce the well-documented instances Soyuz" has to subsidize both. tual obligation to work at Svoboda or
of Soviet religious persecution, something several American religious Comments have also been made the Weekly for, let's say, four years.
leaders were urging him to do. about the need to train organizers, to Or, some aspiring candidate for a
raise the level of involvement of our degree in hotel management could put
But to come out and say that he had seen no evidence of religious youth, to remove the inter-party bicker­ his Cornell education to work at Soyu­
repression in the Soviet Union and infer that religious freedom seems ing, which by now seems endemic to zivka on a similar basis.
to be a feature of Soviet society is tragic and inexcusable. What about most of our organizations, with the Finally, and most logically, some
Ukrainian National Association, too, nascent MB As could specialize in
the woman who was arrested at a Baptist service he attended when she lately being involved. fraternal insurance work, teaming up
unfurled a banner which said that religious persecution is a fact of life It would seem to the interested with some newly minted lawyers whose
in the USSR?" he was asked. Unbelievably, Mr. Graham fudged the observer that some innovative and studies have been UNA-funded to do
question and said that he only had the reporter's word about the case. perhaps progressive thinking could at some creative thinking as to insurance,
least begin alleviating some of the investments, mortgages, bonds and the
When asked about the food in Moscow, Mr. Graham answered that problems the Ukrainian National Asso­ like, all within the framework of the
he was fed a staple of caviar, something that "only a millionaire" could ciation faces. UNA charter and the relevant state
afford in the United States. The statement bears a chilling similarity to For example — and in no particular laws.
George Bernard Shaw's reference to caviar when he visited the Soviet order of importance — consider the 1 Soyuzivka - In Walter Kwas's
Union during the great famine in Ukraine in the nearly 1930s. Or following. office there are many pictures of couples
perhaps Marie Antoinette's infamous, "Let them eat cake." who met and married at Soyuzivka.
One cannot underemphasize the impor­
Either Mr. Graham is a hopeless cynic, which we doubt, or a hapless Nestor L. Olesnycky of Maplewood,
tance of Soyuzivka as a meeting place
ingenue, which may be closer to the mark. But there's something else N.J., is an attorney with the firm Pitio,
Olesnycky and Pitio. page 14)
(Continued on pate
working here as well.
We suppose that it takes a certain measure of hubris to become an
influential orator/evangelist, who has the ear of millions, including
presidents. This may at least partly explain Mr. Graham's rather Proposed UNA-UFA merger
obdurate decision to venture to Moscow. He may have sincerely
believed that he could have whipsawed the delegates with the
eloquence of his fire-and-brimstone message, stoked the flames of
offers myriad possibilities
religious fervor and somehow won the day. by Stephen M. WIchar Sr. tor, in a recent study, predicts that at
least one-third of our fraternal societies
He couldn't have been more wrong. By definition, a fraternal in the world will not survive the 1980s. This is a
From the outset the conference did not resemble a forum for serious of life insurance is a society that is shocking and ominous forecast Unless
disquisition, but rather an anti-American turkey shoot. Delegate after organized for the pursuit of a common our Ukrainian fraternals can innovate
delegate - some flown to Moscow at Soviet expense — droned on objective by working together in a and reinforce viable programs for its
about Yankee warmongering, Zionist imperialism, a U.S. arms build­ brotherly union. In this process, the membership within the framework of
up. The scripts parroted the Soviet line to the letter: America wants society serves benevolent purposes by existing operations, the succeeding
nuclear holocaust, the Soviets want peace. providing financial benefits during generation will inherit a crisis that may
accidents; sicknesses, old age and death. ultimately force a liquidation;
Finally, two Western religious leaders had enough, and cautioned As the financial backbone of its Our fraternals must sell fraternalism,
that the delegates should steer clear of turning the conference into a ethnic American community, the so­ with expenditures that will justify its
anti-Western platform. The delegates, mostly from. Asia and Africa, ciety supports churches, schools, existence. The current leaders of the
sat on their hands. Unfortunately, so did Mr. Graham, who in his publishes newspapers, books and other UNA and UFA have studied the pro­
address chose to ignore the anti-Western orgy. periodicals, finances educational grains, blems intensively, have analyzed the
and supplies cultural endeavors on local scope of feasibility in the Ukrainian
As to Mr. Graham's earlier contention that he thought it unlikely and national levels. Beyond the fore­ community and have concluded that
that the Soviets and their supporters would use his presence for going, fraternalism embraces the ideals serious consideration be given to an
propaganda purpose, they've already started. The Ukrainian News, a of equality, political liberty and reli­ amalgamation of both societies.
pro-Communist news sheet put out in New York, took umbrage at The gious tolerance. With the consolidation t TUNA-UFA
Weekly's April 14 editorial suggesting that Mr. Graham rethink his Both the Ukrainian National Asso­ forces, the Ukrainian'community in
trip to Moscow, and hailed his decision as exemplary. They praised ciation and Ukrainian Fraternal Asso­ America and Canada could have the
Mr. Graham's courage, and called our editorial a shocking attack rife ciation are proud of the rich heritage most influential and authoritative
with assertions dug out of the "entire pile of discredited anti-Soviet that has been documented in the annals organization in the history of Ukrai­
of Ukrainian fraternal history. Indeed, nian immigration. The merger 'would
propaganda garbage."
the early founding fathers were success­ immediately upgrade Ukrainian prestige
We doubt that Mr. Graham would find much comfort in knowing ful in generating many decades of with a more effective lobbying voice in
that he is being championed by these shadowy, Soviet satraps. We sustained fraternal activities unmatched Washington and Ottawa.
in today's setting. The early immigrants, The merger would provide a member­
suspect that he sincerely believed that his mission was noble and just,
despite overwhelming odds in educa­ ship of 110,000 with 5S7 million in
and that he thought he would return from Moscow with a sense of tion and socio-economic adjustments in assets. With this kind of base, the new
truly accomplishing something for peace rather than with egg on his America, were able to shape fraternal Ukrainian National Fraternal Associa­
face. Yet, his rather flippant remarks concerning religious freedom in societies as strong as any American tion would become a recognizable
the USSR have done a terrible disservice to the countless Soviet ethnic group. insurance power among ethnic frater­
citizens - Ukrainian Catholics and Orthodox, Jews, Baptists and nals. With new administrative resources,
The 1970s have shown a serious
Pentecostals - who have and continue to suffer for their faith in an UNFA could re-establish purposes and
decline in membership growth among
officially atheistic society. Mr. Graham played right into Soviet hands goals of fraternalism and develop
fraternal groups. The Fraternal Мопі–
and, in telegrams and letters, we should tell him so when he returns strategies for their consummation.
from the fiasco in Moscow. It is important to note that our
. Stephen M. Wichar Sr. of Ml. Cle­ fraternals are currently duplicating
mens, Mich, isfirstvice president of the administrative costs amounting to
Ukrainian Fraternal Association. (Continued on page 14)
No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 7

at the Vienna Imperial Opera in leading

Alexander Myshuha and his recordings
In memory of mezzo-soprano Eugenia Zareska (Zarytska).
Part 1
Western Ukraine, referred to as
Galicia in the past, became in the last
century a sort of a musically "fertile
crescent" for it gave birth to a number of
famous musicians. Among them were
pianists Moriz Rosenthal and Mieczy-
slaw Horszowski, and singers Marcella
Sembrich and Adam Didur. In the
second half of the 19th century this area
also produced exceptional Ukrainian
singers, but the homeland could do little
to further their careers.
Lack of established opera theaters
and underdeveloped musical life'in
general offered nothing to a professional
musician and this ultimately resulted in
what was`aptly called a peculiar type of
cultural exporting. Promising soloists,
their basic education completed, left for
various West European centers for
optimum development and apprecia­
tion of their talent.
Laurels in Poland
In 1883-84 he was back in Lviv witha
contract at the Polish opera house, and
in 1884 started his extremely successful
appearances at the Warsaw Grand
Theatre as first tenor. His regular
Warsaw appearances lasted until 1892
and after that year he was to return to
the Grand Theatre many times as guest
artist.
In 1912, the aging singer was invited
to sing at the 700th performance of
Moniuszko's "Halka" at that theatre,
where his performance of the part of
Jontek was considered ideal.
parts of "Favorita," "Rigoletto" and
"Lucia di Lammcrmoor." His first
appearance as Fernando in "Favorita"
was on February 5. Up to that time
Myshuha had sung in Italian, Polish
and Ukrainian, but in Vienna he was
required to perform in German.
The press had reservations as to his
accent, but otherwise the reviews were
excellent. "Neues Wiener Tagblatt" of
February 6 spoke highly of Myshuha`s
supple and resonant voice, while "Neue
Freie Presse" of the same date noted the
sweetness of its tone, adding that "his
singing showed excellent Italian train­
ing by which Myshuha could deliver all
the fine lyric parts with taste and
feeling."
Another paper, "Wiener Abendpost,"
suggested renewing the Vienna Opera
repertory with Myshuha as first tenor.
On February 10 Myshuha sang the part
of Edgar in "Lucia"; he became a
sensation, and all seats were sold out. Myshuha in the title role of Gounod's
"Faust."
In Prague Myshuha also appeared as
Manrico in "Trovatore" and as Don
Jose in "Carmen" with similar success.
"Narodny Listy"of July 16,1887, noted
that general critical opinion put
Myshuha on par with the greatest
singers of all time.

Three stars

Three soloists initiating this Western

trek were never to be surpassed in
overall artistic merit, critical acclaim
and in popularity by other Ukrainian
singers who followed their path. They
were soprano Salomea Krushelnytska
and tenors Modest Menzinsky and Myshuha photographed in Vienna in
Alexander Myshuha, better known in 1885.
the West as Alexander Filippi.
Myshuha, it should be noted, was the The influential critic Edward Han-
uncle of Luka Myshuha, one-time slick wrote in "Neue Freie Presse" on
editor-in-chief of the Svoboda daily. March 17, 1885, that "Myshuha capti­
vated his audience with the sweetness of
Although these singers emigrated out voice, filled with wondrous purity of
of necessity, all three artists retained sound and also with his tasteful deli­
benevolent attitudes toward the land of very... the part of the Duke in 'Rigo­
their birth and especially toward the letto' is his best and deserving entirely
chief city of western Ukraine, Lviv. Alexander Myshuha as Jontek in the of the tumultuous applause received."
Bound by foreign contracts they opera "Halka" by Moniuszko.
seldom appeared in Lviv, yet their In all, Myshuha sang nine leading
presence was felt in a variety of ways. roles in Vienna. His success there may Myshuha in the role of Don Jose in
Krushelnytska taught singing in that Here in Warsaw Myshuha enjoyed be demonstrated by the fact that the
directors of the Imperial Opera per­ Bizet's "Carmen."
city, where she settled for her final not only exceptional audience approval
years, while Menzinsky willed his entire but also critical-adulation, and here mitted himto sing in Italian after his
initial appearances. (German was at the Touring
estate to the Shevchenko Scientific both fans and reviewers put him on par
Society there. Of the three, Myshuha, with Caruso and Battistini. Critic Josef time, the regular, official language of
that opera house.) Up to that time only In the period from 1885 to 1905
most famous for his exceptional genero­ Reiss claimed Myshuha was unsur­ Myshuha appeared in many opera
sity, likewise left his entire estate to a passed in his interpretations of Adeline Patti had been granted a
similar gesture. houses of Europe opposite such stars as
Lviv center, the Lysenko Music Insti­ Moniuszko operas. Battistini, Boronat, Krushelnytska,
tute. Lilli Lehmann and othes. There is
Well-remembered Prague fame much material extant on his St. Peters­
First years burg, Kiev and Lviv performances
Myshuha`s Polish adulation con­ Bound by contract with the Warsaw where he displayed his not too large
The lyric tenor Alexander Myshuha tinues into modern times. He is men­ Opera, Myshuha still made guest ap­ Ukrainian repertoire. He is believed to
was born on June 19, І853, in Novyi tioned in the "Concise Oxford Dictio­ pearances elsewhere, for he seemed to have toured London; Paris, Rome and
Vytkiv, western Ukraine, and studied nary of Opera" by Harold Rosenthal be continuously in demand. In the 1880s Berlin, but the documentation of these
with Walerian Wysocki (teacher of and John Warrack (London: Oxford he managed also to get away to Paris tours is just not available.
Krushelnytska, Didur, Josef Mann, University Press, 1964). The entry and study with the celebrated Italian
Eugenia Strassern) at the Lviv Conser­ "Poland" (four columns long) lists main singer Giovanni Sbriglia. In 1887 Myshuha chose bjs repertoire from
vatory, later supplementing his training cities of importance, productions, Myshuha sang at the Prague Opera and the lyrico-dramatic genre and was most
in Nice and Milan. . . theatres, directors. This entry lists no his success there may have surpassed his successful in the parts of Jontek
Like the other Ukrainian singers singers whatever except in the following reception in Vienna. ("Halka"), Lensky, Canio, Faust, Cava-
mentioned he enjoyed a long and passage: "Famous Polish singers in­ "Prager Abendblatt"of July 14,1887, radossi, Romeo, Fernando, Turiddu
impressive career. Myshuha made his cluded Alexander Myshuha (Filippi)." described his performance thus: "My­ and Werther.
debut in Lviv, 1880, when he appeared It is strange that the only singer shuha appeared as Faust by Gounod Composer Leoncavallo heard My­
in Moniuszko's "Haunted Manor." In referred to in this long entry on Polish and demonstrated his facility especially shuha`s Canio in his own "Pagliacci"as
1883 he appeared successfully at the opera is not Polish at all but Ukrainian. in the aria in the garden. This wonderful performed September 20, 1892, in
Forli Theatre, Italy in Flotow's"Marta." But this decidedly points to the measure singer put everything into the part and Milan at season's opening and pre­
The press was enthusiastic, and of fame Myshuha enjoyed in Poland. showed such a span of nuance and such sented the tenor with the score of the
Myshuha continued touring the coun­ accomplished use of his wondrous opera complete with an inscription
try appearing at Milan, Turin, Nice and Famoos in Vienna schooling and artistic taste that his describing his own "boundless satisfac­
Florence with both popular and critical appearance can be considered a real tion with Myshuha`s magical singing."
acclaim. In February 1885 Myshuha guested masterpiece of belcanto." (Continued on page 10)

Ukrainian pro hockey update
Winning Ukrainians wooing 'em in Winnipeg
Wherever you may go in the city of
Winnipeg, people are excited about the
Jets. Two players who are instrumental
in thisriseto new heights are an 18-year-
old sensation. Dale Hawerchuk, and a
hulking defenseman, Dave Babych.
It's a joy to be around them, savoring
this new-found sip of success, when only
one year ago they were languishing in
the throes of 30 consecutive games
without a win. No fewer than 13 players
on this team shared in the suffering of a
year reprieved by only nine wins.
One of them is Babych, now a 20-
year-old veteran of one of the most
forgettable seasons in National Hockey
League history. As wonderful as win­
ning is, the fear of losing is foremost in
his mind. ^ chuk, a foreman at the General Motors
"How many guys in the league can
say they know what losing is really like?"
he challenges. "Going 30 games without
a win is like being tortured for three
months."
There are no visible signs that Babych
has been scarred for life by the events of
last season. His damaged pride is
healing. "We can beat anybody," he
vows. "This is a pretty fair hockey club
we have here."
Certainly the`arrival of Hawerchuk is
having a medicinal effect on the health
of the franchise. But he's more than a
Rookie sensation Dale Hawerchuk
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
by Ihor N. Stelmach
box-office attraction. He's a winner
whose appetite is insatiable... and quite
contagious. And he was recently voted
NHL Rookie of the Year.
So young he can vividly remember
the first goal he ever scored - as a 4-
year-old in Oshawa, Ont. - Hawer­
chuk is already a threat every time he is
on the ice, paying little or no regard for
the stature or status of his opponents.
His twisting, writhing rushes, fre­
quented by jumps and changes in speed,
have allowed him to penetrate deep
inside enemy zones where he is most
likely to leave a pass for teammates
heading for the holes he has created.
"In my opinion. Dale has never shot
enough," said his father, Ed Hawer­
plant in Oshawa. "He would sooner set
up a nice goal rather than score one. It's
been that way all his life. I doubt hell
ever change."
Shooting may not be his passion, but
it's a facet of his game that can be
dangerously overlooked. His shot is
hard and accurate and unloaded in a
hurry.
"This opportunity may never happen
again," said general manager John
Ferguson, exercising his first overall
choice in the June draft to choose
Hawerchuk. "He's blue chip all the way.
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982
A rate clubs have traded away their prime
Dave Babych
A great kid and a tremendous talent."
One scout, Tom Savage, saw Hawer­
chuk play over SO games last season.
Progress reports were continually sent
back to Winnipeg. Although he was
playing for the Cornwall Royals, lead­
ing them to their successive Memorial
Cup, it seems Hawerchuk has been a
figure in the Jets' scheme of things for
over a year. Constant comparisons to
Wayne Gretzky have been disconcerting,
but they nonetheless persist.
"I actually get sick of it," he says.
"Wayne's so great. He's proven himself
time in and time out. He's a guy I look
up to. He has given me advice. But
people who are comparing us are
making a mistake. We are two different
types of hockey players."
Gretzky bobs. Hawerchuk lurches.
As all great hockey players, they have
the uncanny sense of knowing where the
puck will be two or three moves in
advance. Already teams are starting to
key on Dale, but what's new? In junior
hockey, he was shadowed by as many as
two players. Yet, he always seemed to
manage to find a way to escape.
What's most encouraging is that he
has the ability to make plays in compact
situations. He may appear to be covered
but suddenly the puck is his, bound for a
teammate's stick. Still growing, Hawer­
chuk weights 177 pounds and stands a
fraction under six feet. Eventually, hell
be the same size as this season's average
NHL'er - six feet and 188 pounds.
However, he looks frail compared to his
opponents today.
"People have always questioned my
size," he says. "I usually look smaller
than the others because I'm younger
s him, restored his confidence and taught
than the rest."
Which only makes sense. Of the 492
players who appear on NHL rosters,
only two are younger - center Rob
Carpenter of the Maruk-Ied Washing­
ton Capitals, born July 13, 1963; and
center Doug Smith of the Los Angeles
Kings, born May 17, 1963.
Hawerchuk entered this world on
April 4,1963. Two years later, he was on
skates and, at 3, a local Oshawa
hero by the name of Bobby Orr invited
him onto the ice to take some shots at
him. -
"I cant remember that,"said Hawer­
chuk, apologetically, "but Dad says it's
true. Bobby was a junior then, and after
practices ne пкеа to stay out on the ice
and joke around with the hockey team
my Dad played for."
Christian and Babych are essential
figures in Ferguson's master plan to
build a team by jealously hoarding his
draft choices. While other lowly, despe­
NO. 20
positions in future drafts, seeking
immediate help, Ferguson has exercised
extreme patience with his kids.
"It's the only way to go," he claims.
Ferguson's attitudes are most in­
fluenced by the Montreal Canadiens,
his former team, and the New York
Islanders.
"People laughed at Bill Torrey when
he lost so many players to the rival
World Hockey Association at the start
of 1972," said GM Ferguson. "But it
was probably a blessing in disguise for
the Islanders. By losing them, he was
able to develop his draft choices faster.
And it really paid off. That's a feather in
his hat."
Ferguson received his most tempting
offer from the Minnesota North Stars,
minutes prior to the 1980 re-entry draft.
The Jets had the second overall choice.
The Canadiens, by way of the Colorado
Rockies, had the first. Ferguson dearly
wanted a Portland defenseman, Davey
Babych, younger brother of the Ukrai­
nian from the St. Louis Blues, Wayne
Babych. Lou Nanne of Minnesota
wanted him, too. The Canadiens
selected first and, to the surprise of
„everyone, chose center Doug Wicken-
heiser of the Regina Pats. 'Twas a
selection Montrealers have regretted
almost since that very day.
Nanne made Ferguson an offer. Four
players for the choice. "They would
have been starters with us," said
Ferguson. "But I wouldn't budge. I took
Babych, and I've never regretted the
move."
None of the four stayed in Minnesota
long. Two of them, Mike Fidler and
Paul Shmyr went to Hartford (Fidler
currently out of the NHL). Glenn
Sharpley is with the Chicago Black
Hawks. Tom Younghans belongs to the
New York Rangers.
But it wasn't easy on Babych. Thrust
to the fore, he had the burden of trying
to carry his entire team. It was not a
pretty sight. As the losses mounted and
the season grew longer, Babych became
more frustrated. Defensively, ht was
woeful; offensively — lost.
"The word was, he was trying to do
too much," said Watt, then an assistant
coach with the Vancouver Canucks.
"He always tried to make the extra play.
If you kept checking him, sooner or
later he would cough up the puck."
Babych ended his first season in the
NHL with a plus/ minus rating of minus
61, worst in the league. Now, he's still
the tireless worker he always was. But
he has begun to discover and use the
talent around him. Watt has relaxed
him more about the game.
"He's helped my defensive game a
lot," said Babych. "He's even pretty
close to making me a plus, player. If
you can turn the No. 1 minus into a plus,
you must be doing something right."
Slow to anger, Babych rarely fights.
Mainly because no one is crazy enough
to test him. The last two who tried -
Pat Boutette of the Pittsburgh Penguins
and Pat Hughes-of the Edmonton Oilers
- were so brutally beaten word quickly
spread around the league. He is an
incredibly strong man even for his size
- 6`2" and 215 pounds.
Dr. EdEnos of Concordia University
once described Babych as "а опе-іп-й–
million athlete" after measuring his
heart and lung capacity and various
strengths.
"A lot of cardiovascular endurance is
genetically inherited," said Watt. "He
(Continued on page 13) -`
No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN,WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 9

"Collections and Recollections": birthday tribute for Myron Surmach

by He! en Smindak

NEW YORK - How do you give а

birthday party for an 89-year-old
youngster who doesn't like celebrating
birthdays and refuses to show up at
parties planned by his family?
The solution? Throw a surprise party,
but make sure the birthday celebrant is
present by disguising the occasion as a
family event at which he is to unveil his
memoirs.
That was the decision reached at a
party-planning round-table session
some months ago by the children and
grandchildren of the popular founder of
the.Surma Book Company in New
York, Myron Surmach. Vigorous and
active, he is following a second career in
Saddle River, N J . — as a beekeeper,
gardener, bandurist, lecturer and
author who still finds time to "mind the
store" on Sundays.
The conferees included the shop's
present proprietor, Myron W. Sur­
mach, his wife Magda, glasspainting
and pysanka expert Yaroslava Surmach
Mills, and their children, Nikolas Mills
and Markian and Darya Surmach.
Invitations sent out to a host of
family friends and business acquain­
tances called for a triple-feature event
under the heading "Collections and
Recollections — The Surmach Family
Exhibit," scheduled to open on May 8 The Surmach clan poses for a family picture at the Ukrainian institute of America. Pictured from left: Nikolas Mills,
and run through May 22 at the Ukrai­ Yaroslava Surmach Mills, Markian Surmach, Myron Surmach Sr., Darya Surmach, Myron Surmach Jr., and Magda
nian Institute of America, Fifth Avenue Surmach.
and 79th Street.
"Collections" included Yaroslava's cut and as for away as New Mexico
latest original reverse glasspaintings as attended the opening-day reception,
well as etchings and children's book coming and going throughout the
illustrations, Myron W. Surmach's afternoon to admire the exhibits, chat
collection of antique Ukrainian wo­ with family members and reminisce
men's shirts, and a newly published with the senior Mr. Surmach about the
portfolio of embroidery designs charted early days of New York's Ukrainian
from the shirt patterns, "Ukrainian community.
Rose Patterns." Adding a festive air to the proceed­
"Recollections" refers to the elder ings, which filled the institute's entrance
Surmach's autobiography "Memoirs of hall, stairway and entire second floor
My Surma Bookstore," a story carried were bouquets of bright spring flowers
in weekly installments during the past on stairposts and mantelpieces. Clusters
year by the Ukrainian newspaper "Na- of red poppies and field flowers from
rodna Volya" and just published in the shop, tucked behind garlands of
book form. Yaroslava Is colorful folk-scene cards,
Some 750 guests from New York, decorated the buffet area, where guests
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecti- (Conttnped on p e p Ц )

Ko(omayeb Lavrentia Turkewycz entertained the visitors to the exhibit with her bandura-
Myron Surmach Sr. introduces the editor of Us book, "Memoirs of My Surma playing and singing. Pictured in the background is part of the display of Ukrainian
Bookstore," John Smolij, a long-time friend and editor of Narodna Volya. embroidered shirts from the collection of Myron Surmach Jr.
 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 16. 1982 No. 20

Pittsburgh Community donates 55,000 Hartford SUM-A marks anniversary

HARTFORD, Conn. - The Hart­
ford branch of the Ukrainian American
Youth Association (SUM-A) cele­
brated its 30th anniversary Saturday,
. April 24, with a dinner-dance at the
Ukrainian National Home.
The banauet, attended by more than
200 persons, began with remarks by
Myron Zelez, chairman of Hartford
SUM-A. In his statement, Mr. Zelez
said that SUM-ivtsi in Hartford should
be proud of their accomplishments over
the past 30 years.
Afterwards Msgr. Stephen Chomko
delivered the invocation.
The main speaker for the evening,
Askold Lozynskyj, president of the
national board of SUM-A, analyzed the
growth and'contribution of the Hart­
ford SUM-A branch to the Ukrainian
community.
Following Dr. Lozynskyj's speech,
certificates of recognition were awarded
to the following persons for their
continued work for SUM-A: Mr. Zelez,
Tymish Melnyk, Wasyl Gruntowsky,
Petro Szahaj, Anastasia Krawec and
Irene Bobriwnyk.
The R e v . R o m a n B i l e c k y
delivered the benediction.
The evening program consisted of
SMM-A dancers and sinj:ers-under the
direction of Ms. Krawec, and Oles
Furda, a bandurist from New York
SUM-A.
Following the program, guests were
entertained by the Iskra band of New
York.
The following organizations and
societies were represented at the ban­
quet: SUM-A branches of New York,
Yonkers, N. Y., Boston and Willimantic,
Conn., the SUM-A Cooperative, Ukrai­
nian Congress Committee of America,
St. Voiodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox
Church, Ukrainian National Aid Asso­
ciation (national executive board and
Branch 37), Organization for the De­
fense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine,
Women's Association of ODFFU,
Ukrainian National Home, Plast,
Former UPA Soldiers, 1st Division of
Ukrainian National Army, School of
Ukrainian Studies ("Ridna Shkola"),
Dibrova Choir, Ukrainian National
Association Branch 277, Providence
Association Branch 205, and the
Patriarchal Society.
In conjunction with the 30th anniver­
sary, a commemorative book was pub­
lished. It is available for S7
from: Hartford SUM-A, 961 Wethers-
field Ave., Hartford, Conn. 06114.

Anna Komichak presents a S5,000 check to the treasurer of the United

Ukrainian American Relief Committee on behalf of Pittsburgh's Ukrainian
Ukrainian display wins prize
community. Shown from left are: Dr. Alexander Bilyk. the president of the PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Ukrai­ television station as well as at a large
UUARC, Mrs. Komichak, Myron Baranetsky, the director of the UUARC nian booths were the main attractions at department store. Both times the public
office, Dr. Bohdan Hnatiuk, the treasurer of the committee and Michael the first International Festival spon­ was very responsive to the demonstra­
Komichak. Mr. and Mrs. Komichak, long-time community activists in sored by Palm Beach Junior College on tions, for this was the first taste of
Pittsburgh, collected the funds among the area's Ukrainians. Mr. Komichak May 1 and 2, and they captured first Ukrainian culture Palm Beach residents
is well-known for his radio program in Pittsburgh and has often helped with prize from the judges of the college. have ever received.
contributions to such needy causes as the UUARC. The booths, which were prepared by
the year-old Ukrainian American Club
of the Palm Beaches, featured tra­ Bandurists perform
LUC to hold three-day sports rally ditional Ukrainian foods, crafts, em­
broideries, records and books. at Rutgers festival
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. - Metropo­ to head various committees including Another main attraction at the festival
litan Stephen Sulyk has appointed the publicity, hospitality, registration, was the Ukrainian folk dance troupe of NEWARK, N.J. - Echoes of the
Rev. Maurice Dzurman the spiritual individual sports tournaments and Miami which was invited by the club to Steppes, a newly formed bandura
director of the League of Ukrainian finances. perform at the two-day festival. Local ensemble affiliated with the New York
Catholic's sports rally which will beheld Plans are under way for the event, dancers, Amalia Wengerchuk and School of Bandura, played to a capacity
the weekend of July 2, 3 and 4. which will be held at the Holiday Inn of Mary Butler performed a few dances, crowd at this year's Ukrainian Folklife
Somerville, Route 22, Bridgewater, and bandurist Yarko Antonevych play­ in New Jersey Festival held here on the
After the appointment of the Rev. N.J. The first mailing sent to members ed several Ukrainian medleys. All three campus of Rutgers University on April
Dzurman, who is the pastor of Immacu­ and friends of the LUC, included a performances were met by a standing 27.
late Conception Ukrainian Catholic questionnaire regarding the events sche­ ovation from the audience.
Church in Hillside, N.J., the Garden duled. Although the Ukrainian American The 13-man troupe combined tradi­
State Council of the LUC, which is tional Ukrainian folk songs with mo­
The recipients were requested to fill Club of the Palm Beaches has only been
responsible for this year's sports rally, out the form, advising the committee of in existence for a short time, it has made dern instrumental compositions. Unlike
proceeded to select the working com­ their preferences in the way of events its mark in southeastern Florida. Al­ most such groups, the ensemble per­
mittee for the event and began to planned, noting their interests. ready the hard-working members of the formed without a conductor.
formajize its schedule for the three-day If anyone wishes information regard­ club, who are very aware of their Most members of the new group are
rally. ing this sports rally, inquiries may be Ukrainian roots, have demonstrated the long-time students of the New York
The council selected John Kost and sent to: 1982 LUC Sports Rally, c/o 36 art of pysanka-making on a local School of Bandura.
George Helock to co-chair the commit­ Pulawski Ave.', South River, N.J.
tee and also appointed 17 other persons 08882.
Alexander Myshuha...
(Contjincd from pact 7)
To our contributors: Taught widely

We greatly appreciate the materials - feature articles, news stories, press In later years Myshuha taught voice
clippings, letters to the editor, and the like — we receive from our readers. at the Lysenko Musico-Dramatic '
In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the
School in Kiev (1904-11), also opened
guidelines listed below be followed. classes in Warsaw's Chopin Advanced
в News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a
Music School (1911-14) and in.Stock-
given event. holm.
в Information about upcoming events must be received by noon of the Monday Some of his students claimed My­
before the dote The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. shuha 's voice remained virtually un­
О All materials must be typed and double spaced. changed in later years but this is dis­
9 Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of puted. There is evidence that Myshuha
the publication and the dote of the edition. sang in concert with some success even
в Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with after World War 1. His'last performance
good contrast). They will be returned only when so requested and accompanied by was in Freiburg, Germany, on Novem­
a stamped, addressed envelope. ber 2, 1921, about four months before
в Correct English-language spellings of names must be provided
- his death there.
Myshuha's student, singer Maja Myshuha in Stockholm, 1921.
9 MATERIALS MUST BE SENT WRECTlY TO: THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, 30
MONTGOMERY ST., JERSEY CITY, N.J. 07302.
Kinberg, noted that in this last ap­ Myshuha died on March 9, 1922, and
pearance his voice was youthful and was buried at the place of his birth in
Thank you for your interest and cooperation. Editor
temperamental. We know this as a western Ukraine.
statement of a very close and devoted
follower, but it is the only one we have. Next week: Myshuha's recordings.
No. 20
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Sunday, May 16
NEW YORK: Jurij Furda, student of
Kalyna Cziczka Andrienko, Martha
Ayerbe, student of Lew Struhatskyj,
and Lydia Wagner, student of Taissa
Bohdanska, winners in the Music
Teachers League of New York audi­
tions, will perform at the Carnegie
Recital Hall at 2 p.m. The musk
students will perform works selected
by judges which include "Variations"
by Omelsky, "Gavotte" by Lysenko
and "Sonata Pathetique" by Beetho-
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Music
Institute of America is sponsoring a
recital of outstanding students at the
Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E.
79th St, at 5 p.m. Featured will be 11
pianists and five violinists.
Saturday, May 22
WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian
Congress Committee of America
(Metropolitan Detroit Branch), the
Ukrainian National Women's League
of America and the Ukrainian
Graduates Club are sponsoring a
lecture by Dr. Bohdan Wytwycky on
"The Specter of the Nazi Holocaust
and Its Impact on Inter-Group Re­
lations." It will take place at St.
Josaphat's social hall at 4ISO Mc-
Kinley (off Ryan Road).
Dr. Wytwycky, who is the author
of the study "The Other Holocaust:
Many Circles of Hell," will talk
about the Nazi victimization of the
Slavs, especially the Ukrainians,
Poles and Byelorussians, and the
effect this has had on Slavic-Jewish
relations.
Donations for the lecture will be S3
for the general public and S2 for
senior citizens and students. Tickets
are available in advance at the Eko
Galkry, 26795 Ryan Road, in the
Ukrainian Village Plaza or at the
door. For more information call
(313) 755-3535.
YARDVILLE, NJ.: ODUM, the
Organization of Democratic Ukrai­
nian Youth is sponsoring a banquet
and dance on the occasion of its fifth
triennial world conference, at St.
George's Ukrainian Orthodox
Church hall. The banquet begins at
6:30 p.m.; the dance at 9 p.m. Tickets
and reservations may be made by
calling (201) 725-5322.
ABINGTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian
Educational and Cultural Center will
hold an all day "flea market on the
grounds of the center from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. New and old "treasures"
will be for sale and food will be
available all day. Tables can be
reserved for S10. The center is around
the corner from Manor Junior
College and St. Basil's Academy, at
700 Cedar Road. For reservations or
further information, call the center at
(215) 663-1166 or Orysia Hewka,
(215)277-0491
PASSAIC, NJ.: The Veterans of the
Ukrainian National Army are spon­
soring a spring dance at the Ukrai­
nian Center, 240 Hope Ave., at 9
p.m. The Dnipro orchestra will
provide entertainment.
GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The Ukrainian
World Federation of Hutsuls is
sponsoring a Feast of St. George at
the Verkhovyna resort of the Ukrai­
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
nian Fraternal Association. The two-
day' celebration will feature a ban­
quet, a concert and a dance. For
lodging reservations call Verkhovyna
(914) 856-1323. For further informa­
tion about the weekend contact:
Dmytro Tkachuk, 7517 Alma St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19111; (215) 722-
8262.
NEW YORK: Myron Surmach of
Saddle River, N.J., will be on hand
during the closing day of the Sur­
mach Family Exhibit "Collections
and Recollections" at the Ukrainian
Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St.
Glasspaintings, etchings and illu­
strations by Yaroslava Surmach
Mills and a collection of antique
Ukrainian women's shirt dresses are
on display all week, 2 - 6:30 p.m.
(closed Monday).
Sunday, May 23
DETROIT: The Veselka man­
dolin youth orchestra under the
direction of Kyrylo Chependa will
present a concert at 6 p.m. in the
Lincoln Auditorium, 22500 Federal
and Nine Mile Road. The program
will also feature opera soloists
Hanna Kplesnyk and Leonid Skirko.
MINNEAPOLIS: The "Slovo" As­
sociation of Ukrainian Writers is
sponsoring a literary evening of
Mykola Khvylovy's writings to mark
the release of the third volume of his
works. The evening will take place at
St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox
Church hall, 504 Fourth St N.E., at
4 p.m.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N J.: Branch 4
of the Ukrainian National Women's
League of America is presenting a
show of Ukrainian embroidery in
today's fashion. The show will fea­
ture traditional embroidery from
various regions of Ukraine adapted
to modern fashions by Maria Stru-
minska of Montreal. The show will
begin at noon at the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Church hall, 86
Livingston Ave. Tickets are S6 and
include a hot lunch. For reserva­
tions, call Nadia Nynka, by May 14
at (201) 297-7053 after 5 p.m.
PITTSBURGH: The League of U-
krainian Catholics Kalyna Choir of
the Greater Pittsburgh area, under
the direction of Irene Vhduchick,
will lead the responses at the mole-
ben to the Mother of God, the
Mayivka, at 5 p.m. at St. John the
Baptist Church on the city's South-
side.
During this moleben, the installa­
tion of newly elected officers of the
League of Ukrainian Catholics in
Western Pennsylvania will also take
place. Afterwards the Kalyna Choir
will offer a program of music devoted
specifically to the Blessed Mother.
As reported earlier, the 25-year-old
Kalyna Choir is preparing for its
ultimate goal, a concert commemo­
rating the millennium of Christianity
in Ukraine. The choir hopes to
feature programs of Christmas,
Lenten and Easter music, and plans
to learn the liturgy based entirely on
Kievan chants, which are the earliest
melodies of our church services.
MILLVILLE, N.J.: The 40th anni­
versary of the ordination of the Rev.
Presbyter Vhaly Kovalenko of Ss.
SUNDAY, MAY 16.1982
EDUCATIONAL
Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox
Church will be celebrated with a
LOANS
liturgy, moleben, conceit and ban­ A fraternal service
quet.
to UNA members
ABINGTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian
Literary Arts Club of Philadelphia is
organizing a literary evening devoted,
to the works of dissident Vasyl Stus,'
at 5 p.m. in the Cultural Center, 700
Cedar Road, Abington Township.
ADVANCE NOTICE
KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The fifth
conference of Stanislavtsi will be
held Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6
at Soyuzivka. Reservations for
rooms should be made as soon as
possible by contacting: Soyuzivka,
Ukrainian National Association
Estate, Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446;
(914) 626-5641.
HOLMDEL, N J.: The eighth annual
Ukrainian Festival will be held here
at the Garden State Arts Center, on
The loan will boar a
Saturday June 19.
Expected to surpass last year's
modest interest rate
record-breaking attendance of 13,000 of 39ь a year only on
people, this year's festival will once loans made. Interest
again include an afternoon program will accumulate
and athletic events. during the period of
During the day cultural exhibits schooling and be paid
will include pysanky, embroideries
and paintings. There will also be during repayment
samplings of tasty Ukrainian dishes. period.
In the evening, the stage program will
delight audiences with the speed and
As of November 1, children up
versatility of Ukrainian song and
to Ш years of age who enroll for
dance.
(15,000 of insurance will be
guaranteed a 55,000 educa­
Sponsored by the Garden State tional loan. Should they enroll
Arts Center, the Ukrainian Festival for ?25,000 of insurance, they
is one in a series of events organized will be. guaranteed a loan of
to raise fundsjfor New Jersey ve­ 17,500.
terans, children and disabled. For
Juvenile members ages 5 to 10
tickets, please write to: Walter Yur-
enrolled for (15,000 of NEW
cheniuk, 283 Brook Ave., Passaic,
insurance will be guaranteed a
N.J. 07055; or call (201) 470-0035
(4,000 Educational Loan. If
between 6 and 9 p.m.
enrolled for (25,00 of protec-
` tion, they will be guaranteed a
loan of (6,000.
LYNDORA, Pa.: The Diocesan The protection herein referred
Church School Commission of the to must be under UNA P-20
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Certificate.
U.S.A. has announced its plans for A formal notice that loan is
the annual church school camp, for guaranteed will be sent with
kids age 9-13. Certificate of Protection when it
This session will be held June 20 - is issued after November 1,
26 at the All Saints Camp of the 1980.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Em- Certificate must remain in good
lenton, Pa., only five miles from standing with all assessments
Route 38 and Interstate 80. and dues paid until Educational
Loan is granted and throughout
The program stresses a religious repayment period.
education through participation in
Certificate must be assigned to
liturgical services, formal classwork,
UNA during the period of the
and then puts it all into practice in
loan and its repayment Either
social events. In addition, stress is parents or guardian must gua­
also placed on the study of Ukrainian
rantee repayment of loan if
culture and history. juvenile is under age 21 when
The program was founded and
loan is granted.
conducted by the Very Rev. William Educational Loans will be made
Diakiw; for more information please
over a four-year period only for
write to: Church School Camp, c/o tuition to the college or institu­
Rev. W. Diakiw, 21 Evergreen Drive, tion of higher learning.
Lyndora, Pa. 16045.
Repayment of loan begins three
months following graduation of
applicant and must be fully
GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: A sports train­ repaid over a maximum of
ing camp, organized by Chomomor- 20 equal quarterly install­
ska Sitch will be held at the Ver­ ments.
khovyna resort, from July 18 to Should period of education for
August 14. For further information which' loan was' secured be
and applications write to: Ukrainian reduced or terminated the
Sitch Sport School, 680 Sanford repayment period will begin
Ave., Newark, N.J. 07106. immediately.
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helped themselves to wine or home­
made cider and pastries and paska
baked by the ladies of St. Ann's Soda-
, lity, Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian
Church in Spring Valley, N.Y.
A bevy of long white linen shirts with
red embroidery panels on the sleeves
and neckline created a striking two-
story composition in the stairwell. The
display by Cara D. Eduardo, accom­
plished by fine wires attached to a
specially installed grid at the third-floor
level, was lighted to beautiful effect by
Philip Hainline.
Other shirts from the vintage collec­
tion were worn by female members of
the Surmach family, bandurist Lav-
rentia Turkewycz and a group of young
ladies.
The birthday celebration was a de­
lightful surprise to guests who jammed
the auditorium for the formal debut of
Mr. Surmach's book. Most surprised of
all was the octogenarian, whose 89th
birthday occurred last January. During
the program, held toward the close of a
hectic afternoon, he sat quietly in the
midst of his family, listening eagerly to
every word.
Said daughter Yaroslava: "We've
given parties for my father several times
— and he's never shown up. So this
whole event started as a birthday party
for my father."
"This is a tribute to my father — a
truly wonderful human being. In effect,
it's also a tribute to the entire Surmach
family, to show what we have been able
to accomplish as a Ukrainian family,
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In a salute to his father, Myron W.
Surmach said that the family's accom­
plishments were "due to a little bluster­
ing from this fellow here, my father, and
it was his influence that made us achieve
what we did, I in business, my sister in
the art world."
Public-relations specialist Ted Shu-
meyko, a long-time friend of the Sur­
mach family, opened the program with a
welcome to everyone and an invitation
to "observe, study and enjoy all of the
work that is on exhibit here."
Suggesting an alternate title for the
event - "A Honey of an Affair" - Mr.
Shumeyko reported that he had found
Mr. Surmach's book to be "a very
enjoyable experience," and sketched a
profile of Mr. Surmach's career (he said
the details are in the book for everyone
to read): Mr. Surmach was born in the
village of Zheldets in the Kaminka
Stromylova province of western U-
kraine. He emigrated to the United
States in 1911 and lived in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., until 1918. Resettling in New York,
he established the Sichovy Bazaar store
on Avenue A, the shop which was the
forerunner of the present Surma book
store on East Seventh Street.
While selling books and periodicals,
Mr. Surmach also produced a popular
Ukrainian radio program and even­
tually turned his attention to the music
business. He began to release recordings
of Ukrainian music which are now
collectors' items. ., - that; just their remembrances of the way
Mr. Surmach `s store became a center
for Ukrainian activities, attracting
people from all walks of life and such
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Ukrainian notables as Roman Prydat-
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Pecheniha-Ouglitzky, Michael Нау–
voronsky, George Kirichenko, Stephen
Marusevich, screen actor John Hodiak,
folk-dance maestro Vasyl Avramenko .
and bandurists Vasyl Yemets and Ze-
novy Shtokalko.
Starting off a chain of introductions
that led from one family member to
another, Nikolas Mills, 21, a student at
Cooper Union, described his grand­
father's positive attitude toward life.
"My grandfather tells me, Niki, when
you feel lousy and you don't want to do
anything, you've got to take the
thoughts that are in your mind and
you've got to switch 'em around (here
Nikolas cupped one hand close to his
head and turned it back and forth). You
can just make yourself change your
attitude." He declared that this advice
worked for him.
Nikolas, son of the late author and
Columbia University sociology pro­
fessor C. Wright Mills, introduced his
mother — "an artist, author, illustrator,
world traveler, mother, worry wart, you
name it, shels it."'
Mrs. Mills, noting that she inherited
her artistic talent from her mother, the
late Anastasia Surmach, and her knack
for innovation from her father, said she
was brought up to" be Ukrainian. -
"It was a very gentle Ukrainianism,
not theflag-wavingkind, but through it
I acquired all my conceptions of U-
kraine. The view is nostalgic, T realize
things were, not necessarily Ukraine as
it is or was. It's a fantasy world that I
enter into just by remembering stories
my parents told me."
She presented her sister-in-law,
Magda Surmach, a translator, linguist
and holder of an MBA degree who has
worked with her on many projects,
including the Ukrainian recipe cards
which have proved such a hit with the
public.
Mrs. Surmach, describing herself as
"the member of the family who was
fortunate enough to marry a marvelous
man," brought up to the podium her 17-
year-old daughter Darya, a singer in
musical comedies at Rockland Country
Day School and a part-time secretary at
the Surma store.
Introduced by Darya as "my best
friend" and "a big influence on my life,
20-year-old Pratt Institute film student
Markian Surmach told about a train
trip he took with his father and sister
through Rumania, Hungary and other
European countries two years ago.
Spotting "a Kozak-looking man with
a flowing brown mustache, in colorful
native attire" who stood alone beside
the railroad tracks, Markian was amazed
that "someone was actually wearing
these clothes in an everday setting." He
said the experience made him realize
that everything his parents and grand­
parents had told him about the old
country was true.
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Douglass College came up to present a
New Jersey Folk Festival award for
distinguished service to Myron Sur­
mach Sr. "for his many contribu­
tions to the ethnic and folk commu­
nity."
John Smolij, editor of Narodna
Volya, recalled that for him, as for
thousands of other Ukrainians, the start
of life in New York City revolved
around the Surma bookstore, where
immigrants always found help, ad­
dresses, information, some useful pur­
chase, Ukrainian books, cards and
records. Pointing out that Surma's
founder assisted Ukrainians who wrote
to him from all over America requesting
help, advice or donations, he dubbed
Mr. Surmach "an ambassador for the
Ukrainian cause in the United States."
Referring to "Memoirs of My Surma
Bookstore" as a crowning achievement of
Mr. Surmach's life, Mr. Smolij said:
"It's his creation, I only put in a few
commas here and there. The book is
written in a straightforward manner, but
it reveals his sense of humor and his
unique style."
True to form, Mr. Surmach acknow­
ledged the tributes and the award by
quipping, "Am I alive? People usually
say good things about you after you are
dead; it's really nice to hear compli­
ments when you're still alive. Thank you
very much."
He confided that he had not believed
he could write a book because "after all,
I am a book seller, not a btfok writer."
But, at Mr. Smolij's insistence, he
perseVered in recording his recollec­
tions. "The book came out, and today I
sold about four, oh, maybe five, copies
already," he reported to laughter and
applause from the audience.
Crediting his daughter Yaroslava
with work on the book's cover and
layout ("she really worked very hard,
you know, and she didn't even ask me
for pay"), he noted that both his son and
daughter had expended extraordinary
effort in preparing the exhibits. With
tears glinting in his eyes, he said, "I hope
that every one of you is blessed with
children like mine."
In a musical finale to the afternoon,
Mr. Surmach invited his bandura
teacher, Miss Turkewycz, to play a
melody on the bandura. Then he picked
up his bandura, as he often does at
home to relieve fatigue or boredom, and
plucked out a few bars of "Swanee
River" and the opening lines of the well-
known "Carol of the Bells" while
carrying on a humorous monologue.
Finally, to close his performance he
sang a jaunty folk air, "May Song," to
the music of his bandura, inviting his
listeners to join him after each verse
with a chorus of "Hey, hey, hey."
As he finished the song, there was
another surprise for him. The entire
audience stood up as one and sang a
rousing "Mnohaya L ia" to Myron
Surmach, extending a wish for many
more happy years to an exciting and
creative personality.

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Notes on people
Seeks public office
SEYMOUR, Conn. - Frank Stu-
ban, an area activist, announced on
April 29 that he will seek the Demo­
cratic nomination as a candidate for the
105th Assembly District.
The post is currently held by Warren
G. Sarasin, a Republican from Beacon
Falls, Conn.
Mr. Stuban, a founder and board
member of the Valley Arts Council, has
been active in public and cultural affairs
for many years. He and his family have
been residents of Seymour for 22 years.
A member of the Democratic Town
Committee, Mr. Stuban is also a mem­
ber of the board of directors of the
Valley Transit District, and is an elected
member of the Seymour Public Library
board of directors.
In making bis bid for the support of
the Democratic Town Committee, Mr.
Stuban submitted a platform, which
included promises to try and obtain
more funds from tuition assistance
programs, and to combat those who
dump toxic and hazardous materials in
the district.
In addition, Mr. Stuban promised to
work for better transit service for the
elderly, more senior citizen housing,
upgrading vocational programs in the
schools and federal funding for day care
facilities and youth centers.
Mr. Stuban has been employed by the
Lord Corporation for 23 years. A son,
Steven, 23, is a 1980 graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
A daughter, Lydia, is currently a
sophomore at West Point, while
another daughter, Susan, 21, is a senior
at the Merchant Marine Academy,
Kings Point, N.Y.
Virko Baley in L.A.
LOS ANGELES - Virko Baley, nian National Women's League of
Ukrainian composer and pianist, was America, I wanna Rozankowsky, to join
featured in the Los Angeles Times on its executive committee, the роїісу– and
Monday, April 5.
Mr. Baley, a professor of music at the directors for the 1982-84 term.
University of Nevada since 1970 and the 15, 1982.
founder of the Las Vegas Chamber
Players, was in California to perform became effective on April 15.
and serve as commentator at the Los
Angeles Philharmonic New Music
Group Concert at the Mark Taper
Forum.
When interviewed by Carolyn Nott,
Prof. Baley, an expert on Soviet avant-
garde music commented on the concert
he was going to introduce, which
included the music of six Soviet com­
posers, representing three nationalities:
Sergei Slonimsky, Edison Denisov and
Alfred Shnitke are Russian, Leonid
Hrabovsky and Valentin Silvestrov are
Ukrainian, and Arvo Paert is Estonian.
He said: "The music may in some
respects have more appeal than its
Western counterpart in the avant-
garde. Western music tends to look for
gimmicks and novelty of presentation,
which in the end can begin to dull the
listener's senses. The Soviets feel a
greater obligation to the audience, and a
TUNE IN TO
NATIVE MELODY
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desire to communicate more directly. I
think that listeners will be amazed by
the freshness and variety in these
works."
Commenting on the eclecticism of the
avant garde, Prof. Baley compared art
to a kitchen, saying: "The smells can be
appalling, but an alchemy is taking
place in the witches' brew from which a
recognizable dish eventually will
emerge."
Receives top honors
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Andrei Harasy-
miak of Chesterfield, Mo., is an up and
coming young scholar in the Midwest.
Not only is he a finalist in the National
Merit Scholarships, he has also been a
part of the winning team of the Park­
way West High School in an academic
telequiz show on a local TV station.
In the 1982 National Merit Scholar­
ship competition Andrei's test results
placed him among the top .25 percent of
all high school seniors in the United
States.
Besides being the president of his
school's branch of the National Honor
Society, he belongs to the Model United
Nations, Spanish Club and the Ameri­
can Field Service, contributes to the
literary magazine and is a member of
Mu Alpha Theta, the mathematics
honor society.
He is a member of Plast, and a
graduate of the School of Ukrainian
Studies. He hopes to attend both college
and graduate school to study law.
Eventually be wants to practice law and
work for the.federal government.
Joins NCW executive
NEW YORK - The National
Council of Women of the United States
recently invited the president of Ukrai­
decision-making group of the board of
Mrs. Rozankowsky's membership
Schedule of
tennis tourneys
at Soyuzivka
9 USCAK East - July 3-5
9 Doubles - August 7-8
9 USCAK nationals — Sep­
tember 3-6
9 UNA invitational — Sep­
tember 18-19
9 KLK - October 9 - 1 0
A UKRAINIAN RADIO PROGRAM
ON WP0W - 1330 AM
FROM NEW YORK -
EVERY SUNDAY AT 5:30 P.M.
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 13
200 attend Ansonia "Sviachene"
Over 200 persons, including Msgr. Peter Skrincosky, attended a traditional
"Sviachene" and concert on April 18 at Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian
Catholic Church in Ansonia, Conn. The program featured a performance by
the parish's S t Macrina Junior Choir directed by John Szpak (far right).
Also shown above are (from left): Sister Charlotte, principal of the Ukrainian
Catholic school, and Sister Michele, a teacher.
Ukrainian pro hockey... It was somewhat gratifying to be the
second overall choice in 1980. Wayne
(CootfcmedfrompafeS) was the third overall choice in 1978.
But, the brothers remain close. So close,
must have great parents."
Raised in Edmonton, Babych grew in fact, they are marrying twin sisters
Sherry and Shelley Buffy in Winnipeg
up in the shadow cast by his brother.
Even today he is annoyed when broad­ on July 3.
With the team doing so well, a
casters or writers or even fans confuse
him with his brother. marriage in the works and a growing
awareness that another Babych exists,
"When I was a kjd, people
Dave was flattered to be on the cover of
would come over to the house, notice all
The Hockey News.
the trophies, and all night all you heard
"But, like I told Mom and Dad," he
was: 'How's Wayne doing in this?' and
said, "where can you find a prettier
'How's Wayne doing in that?' I always
face?"
wanted to do better than him."
Summer 1982:
MAKE IT A SOYUZIVKA SUMMER
^^!i
Be a part of the exciting experience generations of
Ukrainian Americans have come to treasure:
SOYUZIVKA.
Tennis Camp June 2 0 - J u n e 30
Boys' Camp June 1 9 - J u l y 3
Girls'Camp July4 — July 17
Ukrainian Folk Ballet Workshop
(Beginner and Intermediate) July 18-31
Stephanie Antoniak Chaplynsky, instr.
Celebration of the Ukrainian Child August 1-7
Celebration of Youth" August 7-14
Drama Workshop - (teens 8. adults) August 7-14
Laryssa Lauret, Walter Lysniak - directors
Ukrainian Cultural Courses August 1-14
Traditional Ukrainian Folk Dancing Workshop
(Beginners 8. Advanced)
Peter Marunczak, instr August 15-28
For additional information, please write to:
SOYUZIVKA, UNA ESTATE
Foordemore Rd. m Kerhonkson. N.Y. 12446 Ш Or call (914) 626-5641
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Innovative thinking...
(Continued from page 6)
for young and old, which in its own way,
delays the loss of some of our youth to
assimilation.
It is in fact tiresome to read minutes
of UNA executive meetings from years
ago emphasizing the need for and
resolving the expansion of Soyuzivka
by some 100 modem rooms and seeing
very little being done about it. It is
surprising to learn the Soyuzivka has
only 65 rooms.
Logic would have it that Soyuzivka
operates at maximum capacity for some
weeks, presumably the most desirable
ones, and stands empty, or nearly so, for
six or seven months. Yet it rarely breaks
even, and needs UNA subsidies to stay
afloat. The changes made at the resort
in the last two decades are more cos­
metic than structural and merely point
out the problems rather than solve
them.
The solution? Build the 100-room
motel so often spoken of. Do not limit
Soyuzivka to summer status, but make
it year-round. Indoor tennis, swimming,
and gyms, with nearby skiing and
skating would increase the income
substantially and make the resort self-
sufficient.
The question always arises: how to
pay for this expensive venture. This is
where the difficult choices come in.
Assuming that the UNA building in
Jersey City has increased in value by at
least the annual rate of inflation since
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built, the logical source of funds would
be the sale of ne building only if a
sufficient profit :ould be made to fund
all of the Soyizivka rebuilding and
hopefully, have some profits left over to
do some other necessary projects.
It would seem that a large Soyuz asset
could be the unrealized equity in the
building.' The sale could of course be
based on a favorable sale-leaseback
arrangement so that the UNA and
Svoboda would maintain their present
excellent facilities, without the burden
of ownership. My personal feeling is
that difficult times demand difficult
choices, and this is one of them.
3. Senior citizens' home - In the very
Constitution of the UNA .are found the
words: "to provide and maintain an old
age home for its members..." Unfortu­
nately, this particular statement of
purpose has not yet been realized. The
UNA houses some senior citizens at
Soyuzivka, but I think the concept
envisioned by our founding fathers was
somewhat different.
We are now in the era of townhouses
and condominiums. A fraternal organ­
ization does not have to operate on a
non-profit basis. There seems little
reason not to .build a condominium or
cooperative complex near or on Soyu­
zivka and sell individual units to our
ever-more-affluent retirees. Prices
could go from the modest 40s to the
luxurious 90s or higher.
Many of our people have homes in
cities which when sold would provide
the equity for the purchase of a retire­
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1982 No. 20
ment condominium, and the UNA years. Think of seeing him on television
could further grant mortgages at com­ with "UNA" on his jacket instead of
petitive rates if those funds are not "Bancroft." Sponsorship of players o r
sufficient. If people find themselves teams should be considered, as was
short of funds when retired, "reverse- done by the UNA in years past.
mortgages," (if allowed by law) could be
granted to its members by Soyuz where
Soyuz pays a monthly stipend in ex­ I have not touched upon other equally
change for increasing equity in the unit critical issues touching the UNA today.
which could be sold after the death of The merger with the Ukrainian Frater­
the members or bought back with UNA nal Association; a cultural foundation;
insurance.. expansion to "universal life" policies
and many other issues are very impor­
The possibilities are enormous and
tant to discuss at the upcoming conven­
we should not sit while many of our
tion.
retirees are moving to the Sunbelt, away
from the core of Soyuz life, attracting Nor has it been my intention to be
their offspring to those locales. unduly critical of present or past UNA
administrations. I sincerely feel that
I believe that reducing the legal healthy dialogue questioning the seeming­
insurance reserves which are at present ly unquestionable promotes sound
34 percent over statutory requirements results.
would provide enough capital to com­ I feel that Svoboda, and more parti­
mence construction and I predict that cularly The Weekly, are rapidly improv­
pre-sales will fund the completion, ing newspapers, although I am sure
leaving a profit for a community center. there are avenues of improvement for
each.
4. Sports - The annual statement in
There are many other facets of UNA
Svoboda of February 25, 1982, shows life which space does not permit com­
youth sport expenditures of only 56,893. ment upon. However, with an eye
There is a great propaganda value in toward Rochester, I sincerely hope that
sports. There are several young Ukrai­ whatever results obtain at the conven­
nian athletes who appear on the verge of tion will justify the hopes of our found­
national stardom. In my opinion, a ing fathers in 1894 who so ably anti­
Ukrainian Vitas Gerulaitas is on the cipated the needs'of the total spectrum
horizon, although he is still of tender of Ukrainian life in the United States.
vitalization of a divided Ukrainian
Proposed UNA-UFA... community.
(Continued from page 4) Those of us who believe that frater-
hunuicua of w.uuaonds in dollars. In a nals can act as vehicles for leadership in
consolidated setting, working capital America and Canada stand at a cross­
could instead be applied to increased roads. If we are to achieve mutual trust
fraternal services, to expand on such and free democratic thinking in our
activities as publications, educational community, then it becomes imperative
and cultural matters. that a united front during the 30th UNA
Consolidation savings would release and 20th UFA conventions give the
funds for religious and charitable merger issue a full endorsement. Our
institutions. Our youth would finally posture has to be one of total commit­
become the most deserving recipient. ment and involvement that will service
With Soyuzivka and Verkhovyna as all Ukrainian organizations at all levels.
home bases of operations, youth
planning boards could institute youth- By the same token, we must categori­
oriented programs that would ensure an cally reject any political grouping whose
orderly transition of leadership in monolithic party adherence dictates a
the UNFA. control of all organizations.
Beginning on May 24, many Ukrai­
Professional study groups could be nians, especially UFA members, will be
established to maintain fraternal dis­
focusing their attention on Rochester,
ciplines. They could dedicate them­
selves to a production of a competent N.Y., and the 30th UNA Convention.
sales force and supervise the education Delegates will be asked to select a new
of secretaries and organizers. Perhaps administration, to approve acts and
in this way, a continuous application resolutions. They will also be asked to
might stimulate branch activities. In­ adopt a UNA-UFA merger proposal.
surance policies could be updated to Since the fraternal system offers
place the UNFA in a competitive in­ choices through an honest election
surance market. Perhaps the most pro­ process, there is always the possibility
digious advantage in the merger package that wrong decisions will be made. We
would be the positive impact on the re- hope not.
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Voloshky dancers to present
10th anniversary concert
PHILADELPHIA - The School of
the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance En­
semble will present a concert of Ukrai­
nian dance to commemorate the 10th
anniversary of the founding of the
school, on Sunday, May 23, at 5 p.m. at
Northeast High School, on Cottman
and Algon avenues.
The concert will feature over 90
students of the school, ranging in ages
from 4 to 15. As an added attraction, the
Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
will also take part in the program.
The program will include the dances
"Vesnianka" and "Pleskachi," per­
formed by the youngest dancers; the
intermediate and advanced classes will
perform "Kozachok," "Hutsulka"
"Polka" and, of course, "Hopak."
The Voloshky Ensemble will present
"Kolomyiky" and "Rakhivchanka" as
well as a very lyrical number titled
Zorepad dancers to perform
COHOES, NY. - The Ukrainian
Arts Guild will present a dance concert
featuring the Zorepad Ukrainian dance
ensemble and the Guilderland Ballet
Workshop on Sunday, May 23, at 4
p.m. in the Cohoes High School Audi­
torium on Elm Street.
The Zorepad (shooting stars) En­
semble under the direction of Roma
Pryma-Bohachevsky will perform the
Ukrainian version of Hansel and Gretel,
Transcarpathian, Hutsul and Lemko
dances as well as the Hopak. The
Guilderland Ballet will perform a varied
program of selected ballet pieces.
Mrs. Bohachevsky, the choreo­
grapher of Zorepad, also has her own
Says school.
(Continuedfrompage 4)
to the history of the Jews exclusively, as
if among the victims were not also
millions of Poles, Russians, Ukrai­
nians and prisoners `of other; nationali­
ties.' "
Mr. Milosz also expressed anxiety
that the history of the Holocaust will be
reduced to "what appears on televi­
sion," and that truth will be "buried in
the archives, if not totally annihilated."
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"Kokhanochka" and a fast moving
dance, "Spring Games."
The School of the Voloshky Ukrai­
nian Dance Ensemble was founded by
its present director, Zoia Hraur Korsun,
in September 1972. Its main purpose
was to further the art of Ukrainian
dance, and from the beginning one of
major long-range goals of the school
was to train dancers for the Voloshky
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble which, as
an independent dance group, had also
been established that same year under
Ms. Korsun's direction.
Tickets for the May 23 concert are S4
for adults and S2 for children under 12.
They may be obtained from parents and
dancers in the school as well as in the
following stores: Orion, Kosmos and Little Ryan Dennis Pollyniak, age VA, recently became the youngest member of
Dora's. Proceeds from the concert will UNA Branch 1 in Shamokin, Pa. Hit older sister,ЗД-year-oMJill Christine, also
benefit the school's costume fund. joined the branch, thanks to their parents Dennis and Patricia Pollyniak.
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